Ecclesiastes 2:21
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.
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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.
22 For what has man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he has laboured under the sun?
23 For all his days sorrows, and his travail grief; yes, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.