Yea, 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.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsAnd 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.
I hated all for which I had toiled under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who comes after me.
And I have hated all my labour that I labour at under the sun, because I leave it to a man who is after me.
And I hated all my labour wherewith I had been toiling under the sun, because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentEcclesiastes — Qohelet the Preacher — ''vanity of vanities, all is vanity.'' The book's relentless examination of life under the sun, resolving not in despair but in ''fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.''
- Author
- Traditional: Solomon (''son of David, king in Jerusalem''). Critical: a later Qohelet figure writing in Solomonic persona. §7.9 surfaces; Pastor Marc's drawer carries the position.
- Date
- Solomonic reading: c. 940 BC. Critical reading: Persian or early Hellenistic period (5th–3rd century BC).