Ecclesiastes 2:16-19 New Century Version (NCV)

16. The wise person and the foolwill both die,and no one will remember either one for long.In the future, both will be forgotten.

17. So I hated life. It made me sad to think that everything here on earth is useless, like chasing the wind.

18. I hated all the things I had worked for here on earth, because I must leave them to someone who will live after me.

19. Someone else will control everything for which I worked so hard here on earth, and I don’t know if he will be wise or foolish. This is also useless.

Ecclesiastes 2