Ecclesiastes 2:17
So I hated life; 1 Because the work that was wrought under the sun 1 Was evil before me: 1 For all is vanity and waywardness of spirit. 1
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Numbers 11:15And if thou doest thus to me, slay me utterly, if I have found favor with thee, that I may not see my affliction.
Job 3:20For why is light given to those who are in bitterness, 1 And life to the souls which are in griefs? 1
Job 7:16For I shall not live forever, that I should patiently endure: 1 Depart from me, for my life is vain. 1
Ecclesiastes 2:11And I looked on all my works 1 Which my hands had wrought, 1 And on my labor which I labored to perform: 1 And, behold, all was vanity and waywardness of spirit, 1 And there is no advantage under the sun. 1
Ecclesiastes 3:16And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, 1 There was the ungodly one; 1 And the place of righteousness, 1 There was the godly one. 1
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 2:13-17
Superiority of Wisdom to Folly. 12 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. 13 Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness. 14 The wise man's eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all. 15 Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me; and why was I then more… Read the whole commentary →