[Ecc 2:18-21 KJV] 18 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.
I think Solomon is a little upset that what he accomplishes will be left to who follows him on the throne.
19 And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise [man] 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 [is] also vanity.
Perhaps he is right to be worried because we know that the kingdom was divided after him.
20 Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.
Not sure despair is the right emotion because he was king and he oversaw the work but didn't do all the manual labor. Besides shouldn't we all labor to leave the world in a better place than we found it?
21 For there is a man whose labour [is] in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it [for] his portion. This also [is] vanity and a great evil.
Or in other words, leave a foundation that others can build on. But of course, there are those who don't value what they have been given because it didn't "cost" them anything.
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