Ecclesiastes 2:17 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.
Old Words
- wrought made; worked
What these words meant when the King James Bible was translated.
Matthew Henry
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Thompson Chains
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Cross References
- Ecclesiastes 2:11 Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
- Numbers 11:15 And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I have found favour in thy sight; and let me not see my wretchedness.
- 1 Kings 19:4 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 not better than my fathers.
- Job 3:20–22 Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul; …
- Job 7:15–16 So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life. …
- Job 14:13 O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!
- Psalms 89:47 Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou 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 2:22 For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?
- Ecclesiastes 3:16 And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.
- Ecclesiastes 4:2 Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.
- Ecclesiastes 6:9 Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit.
- Jeremiah 20:14–18 Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed. …
- 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 the LORD was strong upon me.
- Jonah 4:3 Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.
- Jonah 4:8 And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live.
- Habakkuk 1:3 Why dost thou shew me iniquity, and cause me to behold grievance? for spoiling and violence are before me: and there are that raise up strife and contention.
- Philippians 1:23–25 For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better: …
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Topics
- Death Unclassified scriptures relating to
- Experiment In worldly pleasure, Solomon’s
- Industry General scriptures concerning
- Life Vanity of
- Murmuring Solomon
- Philosophy The nature of things
- Wisdom Worldly
Strong’s Numbers
- Therefore I hated שָׂנֵא sânêʼ
- life חַי chay
- because the work מַעֲשֶׂה maʻăseh
- that is wrought עָשָׂה ʻâsâh
- under the sun שֶׁמֶשׁ shemesh
- grievous רַע raʻ
- unto me: for all is vanity הֶבֶל hebel
- and vexation רְעוּת rᵉʻûwth
- of spirit רוּחַ rûwach
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