Ecclesiastes 2:17

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

This made me hate life. Everything we do is painful; it's just as senseless as chasing the wind.

Cross References

1 Kings 19:4

then walked another whole day into the desert. Finally, he came to a large bush and sat down in its shade. He begged the LORD, “I've had enough. Just let me die! I'm no better off than my ancestors.”

Job 14:13

Please hide me, God, deep in the ground— and when you are angry no more, remember to rescue me.

Psalm 89:47

Remember, life is short! Why did you empty our lives of all meaning?

Ecclesiastes 1:14

I have seen it all, and everything is just as senseless as chasing the wind.

Ecclesiastes 1:17

Then I decided to find out all I could about wisdom and foolishness. Soon I realized that this too was as senseless as chasing the wind.

Ecclesiastes 2:11

Then I thought about everything I had done, including the hard work, and it was simply chasing the wind. Nothing on earth is worth the trouble.

Ecclesiastes 2:22

What do we really gain from all our hard work?

Ecclesiastes 3:16

Everywhere on earth I saw violence and injustice instead of fairness and justice.

Ecclesiastes 4:2

I said to myself, “The dead are better off than the living.

Ecclesiastes 4:3

But those who have never been born are better off than anyone else, because they have never seen the terrible things that happen on this earth.”

Ecclesiastes 6:9

It's better to enjoy what we have than always to want something else, because that makes no more sense than chasing the wind.

Ezekiel 3:14

Then the Spirit carried me away. The LORD's power had taken complete control of me, and I was both annoyed and angry.

Jonah 4:3

Now let me die! I'd be better off dead.

Jonah 4:8

During the day the LORD sent a scorching wind, and the sun beat down on Jonah's head, making him feel faint. Jonah was ready to die, and he shouted, “I wish I were dead!”

Habakkuk 1:3

Why do you make me watch such terrible injustice? Why do you allow violence, lawlessness, crime, and cruelty to spread everywhere?

Numbers 11:15

If this is the way you're going to treat me, just kill me now and end my miserable life!