^{17 Ref} And I have hated life, for sad to me `is' the work that hath been done under the sun, for the whole `is' vanity and vexation of spirit.

^{18 Ref} 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.

^{19 Ref} And who knoweth whether he is wise or foolish? yet he doth rule over all my labour that I have laboured at, and that I have done wisely under the sun! this also `is' vanity.

^{20 Ref} And I turned round to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labour that I laboured at under the sun.

^{21 Ref} For there is a man whose labour `is' in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity, and to a man who hath not laboured therein he giveth it -- his portion! Even this `is' vanity and a great evil.

^{22 Ref} For what hath been to a man by all his labour, and by the thought of his heart that he laboured at under the sun?

^{23 Ref} For all his days are sorrows, and his travail sadness; even at night his heart hath not lain down; this also `is' vanity.