Ecclesiastes 2:18 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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.”
Ecclesiastes 2:18 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Ecclesiastes 2:18 in 6 Bible Translations
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Ecclesiastes 2:18 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“I hated all my labor in which I labored under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who comes after me.”
Ecclesiastes 2:18 — World English Bible
Ecclesiastes 2:18 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“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.”
Ecclesiastes 2:18 — American Standard Version
Ecclesiastes 2:18 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And I have hated all my labour that I labour at under the sun, because I leave it to a man who is after me.”
Ecclesiastes 2:18 — Young's Literal Translation
Ecclesiastes 2:18 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“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.”
Ecclesiastes 2:18 — Darby Translation
Ecclesiastes 2:18 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“I hated also all my labour, wherein I had trauailed vnder the sunne, which I shall leaue to the man that shalbe after me.”
Ecclesiastes 2:18 — Geneva Bible
Ecclesiastes 2:18 in Context — Ecclesiastes 2
16 Car la mémoire du sage n’est pas plus éternelle que celle de l’insensé, puisque déjà les jours qui suivent, tout est oublié. Eh quoi! Le sage meurt aussi bien que l’insensé!
17 Et j’ai haï la vie, car ce qui se fait sous le soleil m’a déplu, car tout est vanité et poursuite du vent.
18 J’ai haï tout le travail que j’ai fait sous le soleil, et dont je dois laisser la jouissance à l’homme qui me succédera.
19 Et qui sait s’il sera sage ou insensé? Cependant il sera maître de tout mon travail, de tout le fruit de ma sagesse sous le soleil. C’est encore là une vanité.
20 Et j’en suis venu à livrer mon cœur au désespoir, à cause de tout le travail que j’ai fait sous le soleil.
What Does Ecclesiastes 2:18 Mean?
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