| The Message (MSG) | New International Version (NIV) |
| 18 And I hated everything I'd accomplished and accumulated on this earth. I can't take it with me - no, I have to leave it to whoever comes after me. | 18 I hated all the things I had toiled for under the sun, because I must leave them to the one who comes after me. |
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