Ecclesiastes 2:17

Modern King James Version

Therefore I hated life; because the work that is done under the sun is sad to me; for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.

Cross References

1 Kings 19:4

And he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a broom tree. And he begged for his life, that he might die. And he said, It is enough. O Jehovah, take away my life. For I am no better than my fathers.

Job 14:13

Who will grant that You would hide me in the grave, that You would keep me secret, until Your wrath is past, that You would set me a fixed time and remember me?

Psalm 89:47

Remember, I pray, how short my time is; why have You made all men in vain?

Ecclesiastes 1:14

I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.

Ecclesiastes 1:17

And I gave my heart to know wisdom and to know madness and folly; I know that this also is vexation of spirit.

Ecclesiastes 2:11

Then I looked on all the works that my hands had done, and on the labor that I had labored to do; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit; and there is no profit under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 2:22

For what has man from all his labor, and from the troubling of his heart, in which he has labored under the sun?

Ecclesiastes 3:16

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

Ecclesiastes 4:2

And I commended the dead who already have died, more than the living who are living now.

Ecclesiastes 4:3

Yea, better than both is he 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 desire. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.

Ezekiel 3:14

So the Spirit lifted me up and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of Jehovah was strong on me.

Jonah 4:3

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

Jonah 4:8

And it happened when the sun shone, God ordained a scorching east wind. And the sun beat on the head of Jonah, so that he fainted. And he asked for his life to die. And he said, Better is my death than my life.

Habakkuk 1:3

Why do You show me evil, and You look on toil? For destruction and violence are before me; and there is strife, and contention rises up.

Numbers 11:15

And if You are going to part this way with me, I beg You to kill me at once, if I have found favor in Your sight, and let me not see my misery.