Ecclesiastes 2:17

Therefore I hated life, because what is done under the sun appeared evil to me. For all is vanity, and striving after wind.

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In The King James Version

Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.

In Context

16For there is no remembrance of the wise man more than of the fool for ever; for in the days to come shall all have long been forgotten; and, alas! the wise man dieth, as well as the fool.

18Yea, I hated all my labor which I had performed under the sun, because I must leave it to the man that shall be after me.

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Cross References

Job 3:20Why giveth He light to him that is in misery, And life to the bitter in soul,

Job 7:16I am wasting away; I shall not live alway: Let me alone, for my days are a vapor!

Psalms 89:47Remember how short is my life, To what frailty thou hast created all men!

Ecclesiastes 2:11Then I looked upon all the works which my hands had wrought, and upon all the labor which I had toiled in performing; and, behold, it was all vanity, and striving after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 3:16Moreover, I saw under the sun that in the place of justice there was iniquity; and in the place of righteousness, iniquity.

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 →

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