Ecclesiastes 2:18 — compare English translations
Compare translationsEcclesiastes 2:18 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וְשָׂנֵ֤אתִֽי
sânêʼ
H8130
to hate
אֲנִי֙
ʼănîy
H589
I
אֶת
ʼêth
H853
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כָּל
kôl
H3605
all
עֲמָלִ֔י
ʻâmâl
H5999
toil
שֶׁאֲנִ֥י
ʼănîy
H589
I
עָמֵ֖ל
ʻâmêl
H6001
laborer
תַּ֣חַת
tachath
H8478
under
הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁ
shemesh
H8121
sun
שֶׁ֣אַנִּיחֶ֔נּוּ
yânach
H3240
to rest
לָאָדָ֖ם
ʼâdâm
H120
man
שֶׁיִּהְיֶ֥ה
hâyâh
H1961
to be
אַחֲרָֽי
ʼachar
H310
after
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
I hated all my labor in which I labored under the sun, seeing that I must leave it to the man who comes after me.
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King James Version Public Domain
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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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And I hated, I, all my toil that I had toiled under the sun, that I will leave it to the person who will be after me.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).