Ecclesiastes 2:15-22 Darby Translation 1890 (DARBY)

15. And I said in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool so will it happen even to me; and why was I then so wise? Then I said in my heart that this also is vanity.

16. For there shall be no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; because everything is already forgotten in the days which come. And how dieth the wise even as the fool?

17. And I hated life; for the work that is wrought under the sun was grievous unto me; for all is vanity and pursuit of the wind.

18. And I hated all my labour wherewith I had been toiling under the sun, because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.

19. And who knoweth whether he will be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour at which I have laboured, and wherein I have been wise under the sun. This also is vanity.

20. Then I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour wherewith I had laboured under the sun.

21. For there is a man whose labour hath been with wisdom, and with knowledge, and with skill, and who leaveth it to a man that hath not laboured therein, to be his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.

22. For what will man have of all his labour and of the striving of his heart, wherewith he hath wearied himself under the sun?

Ecclesiastes 2