Ecclesiastes 2:17-22

17So I loathed life because what happens on earth seems awful to me; for all the benefits of wisdom are futile – like chasing the wind.

18So I loathed all the fruit of my effort, for which I worked so hard on earth, because I must leave it behind in the hands of my successor.

19Who knows if he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will be master over all the fruit of my labor for which I worked so wisely on earth! This also is futile!

20So I began to despair about all the fruit of my labor for which I worked so hard on earth.

21For a man may do his work with wisdom, knowledge, and skill; however, he must hand over the fruit of his labor as an inheritance to someone else who did not work for it. This also is futile, and an awful injustice!

22What does a man acquire from all his labor and from the anxiety that accompanies his toil on earth?