16. For the wise man, like the fool, will not be remembered for very long,because in the days to come, both will already have been forgotten.Alas, the wise man dies – just like the fool!
17. So I loathed life because what happens on earth seems awful to me;for all the benefits of wisdom are futile – like chasing the wind.
18. So I loathed all the fruit of my effort,for which I worked so hard on earth,because I must leave it behind in the hands of my successor.
19. Who knows if he will be a wise man or a fool?Yet he will be master over all the fruit of my laborfor which I worked so wisely on earth!This also is futile!
20. So I began to despair about all the fruit of my laborfor which I worked so hard on earth.