17And 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.


In Context

14 The wise man's eyes are in his head, and the fool walketh in darkness; but I myself also perceived that one event happeneth to them all.

15 And I said in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool so will it happen even to me; and why was I then so wise? Then I said in my heart that this also is vanity.

16 For there shall be no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; because everything is already forgotten in the days which come. And how dieth the wise even as the fool?

17 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.

18 And I hated all my labour wherewith I had been toiling under the sun, because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.

19 And who knoweth whether he will be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour at which I have laboured, and wherein I have been wise under the sun. This also is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 2:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:17Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me: for all [is] vanity and vexation of spirit.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:17So I hated life, because the work that is done under the sun was grievous to me. All of it is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:17And therefore I was weary of my life, when I saw that all things under the sun are evil, and all vanity and vexation of spirit.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:17So 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:17So 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:17Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous to me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:17So 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.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:17And 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.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:17Therefore I hated life; because the work that is worked under the sun is grievous to me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.