Ecclesiastes 2:18

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The Vanity of Labor

18 Thus I hated aall the fruit of my labor for which I had labored under the sun, for I must bleave it to the man who will come after me.

Ecclesiastes 2:19

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19 And who knows whether he will be a wise man or aa man of simpleminded folly? Yet he will have 1power over all the fruit of my labor for which I have labored and for which I have acted wisely under the sun. This too is bvanity.

Ecclesiastes 2:21

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21 When there is a man who has labored with wisdom, knowledge, and askill, then he bgives his portion to one who has not labored with them. This too is vanity and a great evil.
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