19. And who knows whether he is wise or foolish? Yet he shall rule over all my labour in which I toiled and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. That too is futile.
20. So I turned my heart and despaired of all the labour in which I had toiled under the sun.
21. For a man might labour with wisdom, knowledge, and skill; yet he leaves his heritage to a man who has not laboured for it. That too is futile and a great evil.
22. For what does a man get for all his labour and strain of his heart with which he has toiled under the sun?
23. For all his days are sufferings, and his work grievous; even in the night his heart takes no rest. That too is futile.
24. A man could do no better but to eat and drink, and enjoy himself in his labour! That too, I saw, was from the hand of Elohim.