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Ecclesiastes 2:18

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.

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וְשָׂנֵ֤אתִֽיvesanetiand hateשָׂנֵאconjunction, verb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “and hate”, a completed actionH8130to hate (personally)enemy, foe, (be) hate(-ful, -r), odious, [idiom] utterly.אֲנִי֙animineאֲנִיpronoun, personal, 1st person, common, singular — “mine”H589II, (as for) me, mine, myself, we, [idiom] which, [idiom] who.אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).כָּלkalallכֹּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “all”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).עֲמָלִ֔יamalitoilעָמָלnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “toil”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5999toil, i.e. wearing effort; hence, worry, wheth. of body or mindgrievance(-vousness), iniquity, labour, mischief, miserable(-sery), pain(-ful), perverseness, sorrow, toil, travail, trouble, wearisome, wickedness.שֶׁאֲנִ֥יsheaniwho mineאֲנִיparticle, relative, pronoun, personal, 1st person, common, singular — “who mine”H589II, (as for) me, mine, myself, we, [idiom] which, [idiom] who.עָמֵ֖לamelthat labourethעָמֵלadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “that laboureth”, the ordinary formH6001toiling; concretely, a laborer; figuratively, sorrowfulthat laboureth, that is a misery, had taken (labour), wicked, workman.תַּ֣חַתtachatwithתַּחַתpreposition — “with”H8478the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc.as, beneath, [idiom] flat, in(-stead), (same) place (where...is), room, for...sake, stead of, under, [idiom] unto, [idiom] when...was mine, whereas, (where-) fore, with.הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁhashameshthe sunשֶׁמֶשׁdefinite article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “the sun”, the ordinary formH8121the sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e. (architectural) a notched battlement[phrase] east side(-ward), sun (rising), [phrase] west(-ward), window. See also H1053 (בֵּית שֶׁמֶשׁ).שֶׁ֣אַנִּיחֶ֔נּוּsheanichenvwho bestowיָנַחparticle, relative, verb, hiphil, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “who bestow”, an unfinished actionH3240to deposit; by implication, to allow to staybestow, cast down, lay (down, up), leave (off), let alone (remain), pacify, place, put, set (down), suffer, withdraw, withhold. (The Hiphil forms with the dagesh are here referred to, in accordance with the older grammarians; but if any di…לָאָדָ֖םlaadamto personאָדָםpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “to person”, the ordinary formH120ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)[idiom] another, [phrase] hypocrite, [phrase] common sort, [idiom] low, man (mean, of low degree), person.שֶׁיִּהְיֶ֥הsheyihyehwho beהָיָהparticle, relative, verb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “who be”, an unfinished actionH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.אַחֲרָֽיacharayafterאַחַרpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “after”H310properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)after (that, -ward), again, at, away from, back (from, -side), behind, beside, by, follow (after, -ing), forasmuch, from, hereafter, hinder end, [phrase] out (over) live, [phrase] persecute, posterity, pursuing, remnant, seeing, since, the…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

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

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American Standard Version (1901)

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.

Young’s Literal Translation

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.

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

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.

Douay-Rheims

Again I hated all my application wherewith I had earnestly laboured under the sun, being like to have an heir after me,

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And I hated the whole of my labour which I took under the sun; because I must leave it to the man who will come after me.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἐμίσησα ἐγὼ σύμπαντα μόχθον μου ὃν ἐγὼ κοπιῶ ὑπὸ τὸν ἥλιον, ὅτι ἀφίω αὐτὸν τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ τῷ γινομένῳ μετʼ ἐμέ.