New International Version
For a person may labor with wisdom, knowledge and skill, and then they must leave all they own to another who has not toiled for it. This too is meaningless and a great misfortune.

New Living Translation
Some people work wisely with knowledge and skill, then must leave the fruit of their efforts to someone who hasn't worked for it. This, too, is meaningless, a great tragedy.

English Standard Version
because sometimes a person who has toiled with wisdom and knowledge and skill must leave everything to be enjoyed by someone who did not toil for it. This also is vanity and a great evil.

Berean Study Bible
When there is a man who has labored with wisdom, knowledge, and skill, and he must give his portion to a man who has not worked for it, this too is futile and a great evil.

New American Standard Bible
When there is a man who has labored with wisdom, knowledge and skill, then he gives his legacy to one who has not labored with them. This too is vanity and a great evil.

King James Bible
For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
When there is a man whose work was done with wisdom, knowledge, and skill, and he must give his portion to a man who has not worked for it, this too is futile and a great wrong.

International Standard Version
For sometimes people who strive to obtain wisdom, knowledge, and equity leave everything as an inheritance to a person who never worked for it. This, too, is pointless and greatly troublesome.

NET Bible
For a man may do his work with wisdom, knowledge, and skill; however, he must hand over the fruit of his labor as an inheritance to someone else who did not work for it. This also is futile, and an awful injustice!

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Here is someone who had worked hard with wisdom, knowledge, and skill. Yet, he must turn over his estate to someone else, who didn't work for it. Even this is pointless and a terrible tragedy.

Jubilee Bible 2000
That the man who worked with wisdom and with knowledge and with uprightness would have to leave his portion to a man that has not laboured therein. This also is vanity and a great evil.

King James 2000 Bible
For there is a man whose labor is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that has not labored in it shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.

American King James Version
For there is a man whose labor is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that has not labored therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.

American Standard Version
For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, and with knowledge, and with skilfulness; yet to a man that hath not labored therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For when a man laboureth in wisdom, and knowledge, and carefulness, he leaveth what he hath gotten to an idle man: so this also is vanity, and a great evil.

Darby Bible Translation
For there is a man whose labour hath been with wisdom, and with knowledge, and with skill, and who leaveth it to a man that hath not laboured therein, to be his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.

English Revised Version
For there is a man whose labour is with wisdom, and with knowledge, and with skilfulness; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.

Webster's Bible Translation
For there is a man whose labor is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not labored in it, shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.

World English Bible
For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, with knowledge, and with skillfulness; yet he shall leave it for his portion to a man who has not labored for it. This also is vanity and a great evil.

Young's Literal Translation
For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity, and to a man who hath not laboured therein he giveth it -- his portion! Even this is vanity and a great evil.

Prediker 2:21 Afrikaans PWL
Daar is ’n man wat met wysheid, kennis en bekwaamheid werk; tog los hy sy deel vir ’n man wat nie daarvoor gewerk het nie. Ook dit is waardeloos en ’n groot teëspoed,

Predikuesi 2:21 Albanian
Sepse këtu ka një njeri që ka punuar me dituri, me zgjuarësi dhe me sukses, por që duhet t'ia lërë trashëgiminë e tij një tjetri, që nuk është munduar fare! Edhe kjo është një kotësi dhe një e keqe e madhe.

ﺍﻟﺠﺎﻣﻌﺔ 2:21 Arabic: Smith & Van Dyke
لانه قد يكون انسان تعبه بالحكمة والمعرفة وبالفلاح فيتركه نصيبا لانسان لم يتعب فيه. هذا ايضا باطل وشر عظيم.

Dyr Prödiger 2:21 Bavarian
Daa laasst also ainer, der wo si mit Hirn und Fleiß für öbbs eingsötzt haat und auf öbbs kemmen ist, yn ainn öbbs umhin, für dös wo der kainn Finger krump gmacht haat. Also, yso geet s y +aau nit, older? Was sollt dös?

Еклесиаст 2:21 Bulgarian
Защото има човек, който се е трудил С мъдрост, със знание и със сполука; Но пак той ще остави [всичко] за дял на едного, Който не е участвувал в труда му. И това е суета и голямо зло.

現代標點和合本 (CUVMP Traditional)
因為有人用智慧、知識、靈巧所勞碌得來的，卻要留給未曾勞碌的人為份。這也是虛空，也是大患。

现代标点和合本 (CUVMP Simplified)
因为有人用智慧、知识、灵巧所劳碌得来的，却要留给未曾劳碌的人为份。这也是虚空，也是大患。

傳 道 書 2:21 Chinese Bible: Union (Traditional)
因 為 有 人 用 智 慧 、 知 識 、 靈 巧 所 勞 碌 得 來 的 ， 卻 要 留 給 未 曾 勞 碌 的 人 為 分 . 。 這 也 是 虛 空 ， 也 是 大 患 。

傳 道 書 2:21 Chinese Bible: Union (Simplified)
因 为 有 人 用 智 慧 、 知 识 、 灵 巧 所 劳 碌 得 来 的 ， 却 要 留 给 未 曾 劳 碌 的 人 为 分 . 。 这 也 是 虚 空 ， 也 是 大 患 。

Ecclesiastes 2:21 Croatian Bible
Jer čovjek se trudi mudro i umješno i uspješno, pa sve to mora ostaviti u baštinu drugomu koji se oko toga nije uopće trudio. I to je ispraznost i velika nevolja.

Kazatel 2:21 Czech BKR
Mnohý zajisté člověk pracuje moudře, uměle a spravedlivě, a však jinému, kterýž nepracoval o tom, nechává toho za podíl jemu, ješto i to jest marnost a bídná věc.

Prædikeren 2:21 Danish
thi der har et Menneske gjort sig. Flid med Visdom, Kundskab og Dygtighed, og saa maa han overlade sit Eje til et Menneske, som ikke har lagt Flid derpaa. Ogsaa det er Tomhed og et stort Onde.

Prediker 2:21 Dutch Staten Vertaling
Want er is een mens, wiens arbeid in wijsheid, en in wetenschap, en in geschikkelijkheid is; nochtans zal hij die overgeven tot zijn deel, aan een mens, die daaraan niet gearbeid heeft. Dit is ook ijdelheid en een groot kwaad.