Ecclesiastes 2:17

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.

I hated

Work

For

Ecclesiastes 2:11

Ecclesiastes 6:9

Psalm 89:47

General references

Ecclesiastes 1:2

Ecclesiastes 12:8

Bible References

I hated

And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I have found favor in thy sight, and let me not see my wretchedness.

But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree. And he requested for himself that he might die, and said, It is enough, now, O LORD, take away my life, for I am no better than my

Why is light given to him who is in misery, and life to the bitter in soul,

so that my soul chooses strangling and death rather than [these] my bones.

O that thou would hide me in Sheol, that thou would keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou would appoint for me a set time, and remember me!

Cursed be the day in which I was born. Let not the day in which my mother bore me be blessed.

Therefore now, O LORD, I beseech thee, take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.

And I am constrained by the two, having the desire to depart and be with Christ, being far better.

Work

I have seen all the works that are done under the sun, and, behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind.

And moreover I saw under the sun, in the place of justice, that wickedness was there, and in the place of righteousness, that wickedness was there.

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 LORD was strong upon me.

Why do thou show me iniquity, and look upon perverseness? For destruction and violence are before me, and there is strife, and contention rises up.

For

Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labor that I had labored to do, and, behold, all was vanity and a striving after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.

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

O remember how short my time is, for what vanity thou have created all the sons of men!

General references

Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities, all is vanity.

Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, all is vanity.