Ecclesiastes 2:17

King James 3 - The Literal Traslation

And I hated life; because the work that is done under the sun is an evil thing to me; for all is vanity and striving after wind.

Cross References

1 Kings 19:4

and he himself went into the wilderness a day’s journey, and came and sat under a certain broom tree. And he begged for his life, that he might die, and said, Enough, now, O Jehovah; take my life, for I am no better than my fathers.

Job 14:13

Who will grant that You would hide me in Sheol; You would conceal me until Your anger turns back; that You would set a limit for me and remember me?

Psalm 89:47

Remember, I pray, the time of life; for what vanity have you created all the sons of men?

Ecclesiastes 1:14

I have seen all the works which are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and striving after wind!

Ecclesiastes 1:17

And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness, and folly. I know that this also, it is striving after wind.

Ecclesiastes 2:11

Then I faced on all my works that my hands had done, and on the labor that I had labored to do. And, behold, all is vanity and striving after wind, and there is no profit under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 2:22

For what is there for man in all his labor, and in striving of his heart, which he did as a laborer under the sun?

Ecclesiastes 3:16

And again I saw under the sun the place of judgment: wickedness is there; and the place of righteousness, wickedness is there.

Ecclesiastes 4:2

And I commended the ones who died, those who already have died, more than the living. that they are still alive.

Ecclesiastes 4:3

Yea, better than both of them is that one who has not yet been, who has not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 6:9

Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the soul. This is also vanity and striving after wind.

Ezekiel 3:14

So the Spirit lifted me up and took me, and I went bitterly in the heat of my spirit, and the hand of Jehovah was strong upon me.

Jonah 4:3

And now, O Jehovah, please take my life from me. For better is my death than my life.

Jonah 4:8

And it happened when the sun shone, God had appointed a scorching east wind; and the sun struck Jonah’s head, so that he fainted; and he asked for his life to death. And he said, Better is my death than my life.

Habakkuk 1:3

Why do You make me see iniquity, and You look upon trouble? For violence and injustice are before me; and there is strife and contention rising up.

Numbers 11:15

and if You deal thus with me, I pray quickly kill me, if I have found grace in Your eyes, and let me not look on my affliction.