Ecclesiastes 2:18

I hated all my labor in which I labored under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who comes after me.

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WEBBE

I hated all my labour in which I laboured under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who comes after me.

BSB

I hated all for which I had toiled under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who comes after me.

ASV

And I hated all my labor wherein I labored under the sun, seeing that I must leave it unto the man that shall be after me.

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וְשָׂנֵאתִי ve·sa·ne·ti and I hated H8130 אֲנִי 'a·ni I H589 אֶת־ 'et- (marks the object) H853 כָּל־ kol- all H3605 עֲמָלִי 'a·ma·li toil my H5999 שֶׁאֲנִי she·'a·ni that I H589 עָמֵל 'a·mel [was] a laborer H6001 תַּחַת ta·chat under H8478 הַשָּׁמֶשׁ ha·sha·mesh the sun H8121 שֶׁאַנִּיחֶנּוּ she·'an·ni·che·nu that I will leave it H5117 לָאָדָם la·'a·dam to the person H120 שֶׁיִּהְיֶה shei·yih·yeh who (he) will be H1961 אַחֲרָי 'a·cha·rai after me H310

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.