Ecclesiastes 2:17

Modern English Version

So I began to hate life, because the labor that was done under the sun was contemptible to me, for all of this is vanity and a chasing after wind.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 2:11

Then I turned to all the work that my hands had done, and all the labor in which I had toiled doing it; and again, all of it was vanity and chasing the wind, and there was no benefit under the sun.

Jonah 4:8

When the sun rose, God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah so that he became faint and asked that he might die. He said, “It is better for me to die than to live.”

Ecclesiastes 4:2

And I thought that the dead, who had already died, were more fortunate than the living, who were still alive.

Habakkuk 1:3

Why do You make me see wickedness, and cause me to see trouble? Plundering and violence are before me; strife and contention arise.

Jonah 4:3

Therefore, Lord, take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.”

Ezekiel 3:14

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

Ecclesiastes 6:9

Better to be content with the sight of eyes than to have a wandering appetite. This is vanity and a chasing after wind.

Ecclesiastes 3:16

Moreover, I observed what was under the sun: In the place of justice, there was wickedness; and in the place of righteousness, there was wickedness.

Ecclesiastes 2:22

What becomes a man for all his labor and striving in his heart with which he toils under the sun?

Ecclesiastes 1:14

I have seen everything that is done under the sun; and behold, everything is vanity and like chasing the wind.

Psalm 89:47

Remember how short my time is! For what vanity have You created all the sons of men?

Job 14:13

“Oh, that You would hide me in the grave, that You would conceal me until Your wrath is past, that You would appoint me a set time and remember me!

1 Kings 19:4

But he went a day’s journey into the wilderness and came and sat down under a juniper tree and asked that he might die, saying, “It is enough! Now, O  Lord, take my life, for I am not better than my fathers.”

Numbers 11:15

If You do this to me, please kill me at once, if I have found favor in Your eyes, and do not let me see my misery.”

Ecclesiastes 1:17

And I set my heart to know wisdom and to know the folly of ideas, and to know foolish behavior. I know that this as well is like chasing the wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:3

But better than both is the one who has not been, who will not observe the evil deeds that are done under the sun.