Ecclesiastes 2:17
King James Version (KJV)
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.
In context
15 Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also is vanity.
16 For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise man? as the fool.
17 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.
18 Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.
19 And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.
Ecclesiastes 2:17 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- 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.
- WEB World English Bible
- So I hated life, because the work that is worked under the sun was grievous to me; for all is vanity and a chasing after wind.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- So I hated life, because the work that is done under the sun was grievous to me. For everything is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
- ASV American Standard Version
- So I hated life, because the work that is wrought under the sun was grievous unto me; for all is vanity and a striving after wind.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And I have hated life, for sad to me [is] the work that hath been done under the sun, for the whole [is] vanity and vexation of spirit.
- DBY Darby Translation
- And I hated life; for the work that is wrought under the sun was grievous unto me; for all is vanity and pursuit of the wind.
- WBS Webster Bible
- Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous to me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.