Ecclesiastes 2:18-19

I hated all for which I had toiled under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who comes after me. And who knows whether that man will be wise or foolish? Yet he will take over all the labor at which I have worked skillfully under the sun. This too is futile.

Berean Standard Bible, public domain. Read all of Ecclesiastes 2

3 songs meet this passage

  • “Ain't about to die with no money, I done gave it”

    Money in the Grave · Drake

    strains against Ecclesiastes 2:18-19

    The Preacher already named the futility of hoarding gain for a future you can't control or take with you; this song chases exactly what Ecclesiastes calls meaningless.

  • “I don't wanna work again I don't wanna try again”

    The Reaper's Wrath · Azizi Gibson

    resonates with Ecclesiastes 2:17-18

    This weary disillusionment with labor and people mirrors the Preacher's exhausted despair, though without his eventual turn toward meaning.

  • Crazy · Gnarls Barkley

    resonates with Ecclesiastes 2:17-19

    Admiring those who gave everything to a pursuit, even at ruinous cost, mirrors the Preacher's own weariness with striving.

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