Kohelet 2:17-22 Orthodox Jewish Bible (OJB)

17. Therefore I hated HaChayyim (Life); because the ma'aseh that is wrought under the shemesh is grievous unto me; for all is hevel and chasing after ruach.

18. Yea, I hated all my amal for which I had toiled under the shemesh; because I must leave it unto the adam that shall occupy my place after me.

19. And who hath da'as whether he shall be a chacham or a kesil? Nevertheless shall he have shlitah (control, authority) over all my amal for which I have toiled, and have poured out my chochmah under the shemesh. This also is hevel.

20. Therefore I turned aside to give up my lev to despair over all the wearisome amal with which I toiled under the shemesh.

21. For there is an adam whose amal is with chochmah, and da'as, and kishron (skill); yet to an adam that hath not worked for it he must leave it for his chelek. This also is hevel and a ra'ah rabbah.

22. For what hath adam for all his amal, and for all the striving of his lev, wherein he hath labored under the shemesh?

Kohelet 2