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Ecclesiastes 2:18

Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.

KJV

Rursus detestatus sum omnem industriam meam, qua sub sole studiosissime laboravi, habiturus hæredem post me,

Vulgate

καὶ ἐμίσησα ἐγὼ σύμπαντα μόχθον μου ὃν ἐγὼ κοπιῶ ⸂⸆⸃ ὑπὸ τὸν ἥλιον, ὅτι ἀφίω αὐτὸν τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ τῷ γινομένῳ μετ’ ἐμέ.

LXX

And I hated all my labor wherein I labored under the sun, seeing that I must leave it unto the man that shall be after me.

ASV

וְ/שָׂנֵ֤אתִֽי אֲנִי֙ אֶת כָּל עֲמָלִ֔/י שֶׁ/אֲנִ֥י עָמֵ֖ל תַּ֣חַת הַ/שָּׁ֑מֶשׁ שֶׁ֣/אַנִּיחֶ֔/נּוּ לָ/אָדָ֖ם שֶׁ/יִּהְיֶ֥ה אַחֲרָֽ/י

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲנִ֥י
'ny
pronoun · 862×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אָדָ֖ם
'dm
noun · 545×
הוּ
hv
verb · 73×
ו
v
noun · 717×
ו
v
noun · 505×
וֹ
v
noun · 55×
י
y
verb · 148×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
עָמֵ֖ל
'ml
noun · 9×
שָּֽׁמֶשׁ
shmsh
noun · 132×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Exod 1:8 — Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph.
  • Job 14:21 — His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.
  • Luke 12:20 — But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?
  • Luke 16:27 — Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father’s house:
  • Prov 15:16 — Better is little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble therewith.
  • Prov 27:11 — My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.
  • Ps 39:6 — Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.
  • Ps 49:10 — For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.