Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And therefore I was weary of my life, when I saw that all things under the sun are evil, and all vanity and vexation of spirit. i hated Numbers 11:15 But if it seem unto thee otherwise, I beseech thee to kill me, and let me find grace in thy eyes, that I be not afflicted with so great evils. 1 Kings 19:4 And he went forward, one day's journey into the desert. And when he was there, and sat under a juniper tree, he requested for his soul that he might die, and said: It is enough for me, Lord; take away my soul: for I am no better than my fathers. Job 3:20-22 Why is light given to him that is in misery, and life to them that are in bitterness of soul? . . . Job 7:15,16 So that my soul rather chooseth hanging, and my bones death. . . . Job 14:13 Who will grant me this, that thou mayst protect me in hell, and hide me till thy wrath pass, and appoint me a time when thou wilt remember me? Jeremiah 20:14-18 Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day in which my mother bore me, be blessed. . . . Jonah 4:3,8 And he prayed to the Lord, and said: I beseech thee, O Lord, is not this what I said, when I was yet in my own country? therefore I went before to flee into Tharsis: for I know that thou art a gracious and merciful God, patient, and of much compassion, and easy to forgive evil. . . . Philippians 1:23-25 But I am straitened between two: having a desire to be dissolved and to be with Christ, a thing by far the better. . . . work Ecclesiastes 1:14 I have seen all things that are done under the sun, and behold all is vanity, and vexation of spirit. Ecclesiastes 3:16 I saw under the sun in the place of judgment wickedness, and in the place of justice iniquity. Ezekiel 3:14 The spirit also lifted me, and took me up: and I went away in bitterness in the indignation of my spirit: for the hand of the Lord was with me, strengthening me. Habakkuk 1:3 Why hast thou shewn me iniquity and grievance, to see rapine and injustice before me? and there is a judgment, but opposition is more powerful. for Ecclesiastes 2:11,22 And when I turned myself to all the works which my hands had wrought, and to the labours wherein I had laboured in vain, I saw in all things vanity, and vexation of mind, and that nothing was lasting under the sun. . . . Ecclesiastes 6:9 Better it is to see what thou mayst desire, than to desire that which thou canst not know. But this also is vanity, and presumption of spirit. Psalm 89:47 Remember what my substance is: for hast thou made all the children of men in vain? Context The Wise and the Foolish…16For there shall be no remembrance of the wise no more than of the fool forever, and the times to come shall cover all things together with oblivion: the learned dieth in like manner as the unlearned. 17And therefore I was weary of my life, when I saw that all things under the sun are evil, and all vanity and vexation of spirit. Cross References Ecclesiastes 1:14 I have seen all things that are done under the sun, and behold all is vanity, and vexation of spirit. Ecclesiastes 1:17 And I have given my heart to know prudence, and learning, and errors, and folly: and I have perceived that in these also there was labour, and vexation of spirit, Ecclesiastes 4:2 And I praised the dead rather than the living: Ecclesiastes 4:3 And I judged him happier than them both, that is not yet born, nor hath seen the evils that are done under the sun. Lexicon So I hatedוְשָׂנֵ֙אתִי֙ (wə·śā·nê·ṯî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 8130: To hate life, הַ֣חַיִּ֔ים (ha·ḥay·yîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 2416: Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life because כִּ֣י (kî) Conjunction Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction the work הַֽמַּעֲשֶׂ֔ה (ham·ma·‘ă·śeh) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 4639: An action, a transaction, activity, a product, property that is done שֶׁנַּעֲשָׂ֖ה (šen·na·‘ă·śāh) Pronoun - relative | Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 6213: To do, make under תַּ֣חַת (ta·ḥaṯ) Preposition Strong's Hebrew 8478: The bottom, below, in lieu of the sun הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁ (haš·šā·meš) Article | Noun - common singular Strong's Hebrew 8121: The sun, the east, a ray, a notched battlement was grievous רַ֤ע (ra‘) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 7451: Bad, evil to me. עָלַי֙ (‘ā·lay) Preposition | first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against For כִּֽי־ (kî-) Conjunction Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction everything הַכֹּ֥ל (hak·kōl) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every is futile הֶ֖בֶל (he·ḇel) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1892: Emptiness, vanity, transitory, unsatisfactory and a pursuit וּרְע֥וּת (ū·rə·‘ūṯ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 7469: A feeding upon, grasping after of the wind. רֽוּחַ׃ (rū·aḥ) Noun - common singular Strong's Hebrew 7307: Wind, breath, exhalation, life, anger, unsubstantiality, a region of the sky, spirit Additional Translations So I hated life, because the work that is done under the sun was grievous to me. For everything is futile and a pursuit of the wind.Therefore I hated life; because the work that is worked under the sun is grievous to me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit. So I hated life, because the work that is wrought under the sun was grievous unto me; for all is vanity and a striving after wind. So I hated life; because the work that was wrought under the sun was evil before me: for all is vanity and waywardness of spirit. And I hated life; for the work that is wrought under the sun was grievous unto me; for all is vanity and pursuit of the wind. So I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun was grievous unto me: for all is vanity and a striving after wind. Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous to me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit. So I hated life, because the work that is worked under the sun was grievous to me; for all is vanity and a chasing after wind. And I have hated life, for sad to me is the work that hath been done under the sun, for the whole is vanity and vexation of spirit. Jump to Previous Chasing Evil Futility Grievous Hated Hating Life Meaningless Purpose Pursuit Sad Spirit Striving Sun Vanity Vexation Whole Wind Work Worked WroughtJump to Next Chasing Evil Futility Grievous Hated Hating Life Meaningless Purpose Pursuit Sad Spirit Striving Sun Vanity Vexation Whole Wind Work Worked WroughtExternal Links Ecclesiastes 2:17 NIVEcclesiastes 2:17 NLT Ecclesiastes 2:17 ESV Ecclesiastes 2:17 NASB Ecclesiastes 2:17 ASV Ecclesiastes 2:17 Bible Apps Ecclesiastes 2:17 Biblia Paralela Ecclesiastes 2:17 Chinese Bible Ecclesiastes 2:17 French Bible Ecclesiastes 2:17 German Bible Alphabetical: a after All and because been chasing done everything for futility grievous had hated I is it life me meaningless of So striving sun that the to under was which wind work OT Poetry: Ecclesiastes 2:17 So I hated life because the work (Ecclesiast. 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