Ecclesiastes 2:19
And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This also vanity.
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Context
17 Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun grievous unto me: for all vanity and vexation of spirit.
18 yes, 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.
19 And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This also vanity.
20 Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.
21 For there is a man whose labour in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that has not laboured therein shall he leave it his portion. This also vanity and a great evil.