וּפָנִ֤יתִֽי אֲנִי֙ לִרְא֣וֹת חָכְמָ֔ה וְהוֹלֵל֖וֹת וְסִכְל֑וּת כִּ֣י ׀ מֶ֣ה הָאָדָ֗ם שֶׁיָּבוֹא֙ אַחֲרֵ֣י הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ אֵ֥ת אֲשֶׁר־כְּבָ֖ר עָשֽׂוּהוּ׃
And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness and folly; for what can the man do that cometh after the king? even that which hath been already done.
Ecclesiastes
And I hated all my toil wherein I toil under the sun, and which I leave to the man who comes after me.
Ecclesiastes
And who knows whether it will be a wise one or a fool who will preside over all my toil wherein I toiled and wherein I became wise under the sun? This, too, is vanity [i.e., one of the vanities created in the world].