2:19a And who knows whether that man will be wise or foolish?

And who can tell whether my son will be a wise man or a fool? (TLB) ⌊Nobody can tell me that!!⌋ .
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And no one knows whether he will be a wise person or a stupid one.

2:19b Yet he will take over all the labor at which I have worked skillfully under the sun.

But he will still control everything that I gained by my talent and hard work in this world.
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Yet he will rule over everything I accomplished through my wisdom here on earth. (FBV)
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However, all the things I worked so hard for on this earth using my wisdom ⌊will be his⌋ .

2:19c This too is futile.

This is also pointless.
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This is just so frustrating, so hard to understand! (FBV)

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