Ecclesiastes 2:17
Therefore I hated HaChayyim (Life); because the ma'aseh that is wrought under the shemesh is grievous unto me; for all is hevel and chasing after ruach.
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Numbers 11:15And if Thou deal thus with me, kill me, please, at once, if I have found chen in Thy sight; and let me not see my wretchedness.
Job 3:20Which long for mavet, but it cometh not; 1 and dig for it more than for hidden treasures; 1
Job 7:16I loathe it; I would not live l'olam, 1 let me alone; for my yamim are hevel (vanity, meaningless). 1
Psalms 89:47How long, Hashem? Wilt Thou hide Thyself lanetzach (forever)? 1 Shall Thy wrath burn like eish? 1
Ecclesiastes 2:11Then I looked on kol ma'asim that my hands had wrought, and on the amal that I had labored to do; and, hinei, all was hevel and chasing after ruach, and there was no profit under the shemesh.
Ecclesiastes 3:16And moreover I saw under the shemesh that in the Mekom Mishpat (place of judgment) resha (wickedness) was there; and in the Mekom Tzedek, resha (wickedness) was there.
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 →