Ecclesiastes 2:16-20 Contemporary English Version Anglicised (CEVUK00)

16. Wise or foolish, we all die and are soon forgotten.”

17. This made me hate life. Everything we do is painful; it's just as senseless as chasing the wind.

18. Suddenly I realized that others would some day get everything I had worked so hard for, then I started hating it all.

19. Who knows if those people will be sensible or stupid? Either way, they will own everything I have earned by hard work and wisdom. It doesn't make sense.

20. I thought about all my hard work, and I felt depressed.

Ecclesiastes 2