Verse 17

So I hated{H8130} life,{H2416} because the work{H4639} that is wrought{H6213} under the sun{H8121} was grievous{H7451} unto me; for all is vanity{H1892} and a striving{H7469} after wind.{H7307}

Referenced Verses

  • Eccl 2:11 : 11 Then I looked{H6437} on all the works{H4639} that my hands{H3027} had wrought,{H6213} and on the labor{H5999} that I had labored{H5999} to do;{H6213} and, behold, all was vanity{H1892} and a striving{H7469} after wind,{H7307} and there was no profit{H3504} under the sun.{H8121}
  • Eccl 2:22 : 22 For what hath{H1933} a man{H120} of all his labor,{H5999} and of the striving{H7475} of his heart,{H3820} wherein{H1931} he laboreth{H6001} under the sun?{H8121}
  • Eccl 3:16 : 16 And moreover I saw{H7200} under the sun,{H8121} in the place{H4725} of justice,{H4941} that wickedness{H7562} was there; and in the place{H4725} of righteousness,{H6664} that wickedness{H7562} was there.
  • Eccl 4:2 : 2 Wherefore I praised{H7623} the dead{H4191} that have been{H3528} long dead{H4191} more than the living{H2416} that are yet{H5728} alive;{H2416}
  • Eccl 6:9 : 9 Better{H2896} is the sight{H4758} of the eyes{H5869} than the wandering{H1980} of the desire:{H5315} this also is vanity{H1892} and a striving{H7469} after wind.{H7307}
  • Jer 20:14-18 : 14 Cursed{H779} be the day{H3117} wherein I was born:{H3205} let not the day{H3117} wherein my mother{H517} bare{H3205} me be blessed.{H1288} 15 Cursed{H779} be the man{H376} who brought tidings{H1319} to my father,{H1} saying,{H559} A{H2145} man-child{H1121} is born{H3205} unto thee; making him very{H8055} glad.{H8055} 16 And let that man{H376} be as the cities{H5892} which Jehovah{H3068} overthrew,{H2015} and repented{H5162} not: and let him hear{H8085} a cry{H2201} in the morning,{H1242} and shouting{H8643} at noontime;{H6256} 17 because he slew{H4191} me not from the womb;{H7358} and so my mother{H517} would have been my grave,{H6913} and her womb{H7358} always{H5769} great.{H2030} 18 Wherefore came I forth{H3318} out of the womb{H7358} to see{H7200} labor{H5999} and sorrow,{H3015} that my days{H3117} should be consumed{H3615} with shame?{H1322}
  • Ezek 3:14 : 14 So the Spirit{H7307} lifted me up,{H5375} and took me away;{H3947} and I went{H3212} in bitterness,{H4751} in the heat{H2534} of my spirit;{H7307} and the hand{H3027} of Jehovah{H3068} was strong{H2388} upon me.
  • Jonah 4:3 : 3 Therefore now, O Jehovah,{H3068} take,{H3947} I beseech thee, my life{H5315} from me; for it is better{H2896} for me to die{H4194} than to live.{H2416}
  • Jonah 4:8 : 8 And it came to pass, when the sun{H8121} arose,{H2224} that God{H430} prepared{H4487} a sultry{H2759} east{H6921} wind;{H7307} and the sun{H8121} beat{H5221} upon the head{H7218} of Jonah,{H3124} that he fainted,{H5968} and requested{H7592} for himself{H5315} that he might die,{H4191} and said,{H559} It is better{H2896} for me to die{H4194} than to live.{H2416}
  • Hab 1:3 : 3 Why dost thou show{H7200} me iniquity,{H205} and look{H5027} upon perverseness?{H5999} for destruction{H7701} and violence{H2555} are before me; and there is strife,{H7379} and contention{H4066} riseth up.{H5375}
  • Phil 1:23-25 : 23 But{G1063} I am in a strait{G4912} betwixt{G1537} the two,{G1417} having{G2192} the desire{G1939} to{G1519} depart{G360} and{G2532} be{G1511} with{G4862} Christ;{G5547} for it is{G4183} very far{G3123} better:{G2908} 24 yet{G1161} to abide{G1961} in{G1722} the flesh{G4561} is more needful{G316} for{G1223} your{G5209} sake. 25 And{G2532} having{G3982} this{G5124} confidence,{G3982} I know{G1492} that{G3754} I shall abide,{G3306} yea, and{G2532} abide with{G4839} you{G5213} all,{G3956} for{G1519} your{G5216} progress{G4297} and{G2532} joy{G5479} in the faith;{G4102}
  • Num 11:15 : 15 And if thou deal{H6213} thus with me, kill{H2026} me, I pray thee, out of hand,{H2026} if I have found{H4672} favor{H2580} in thy sight;{H5869} and let me not see{H7200} my wretchedness.{H7451}
  • 1 Kgs 19:4 : 4 But he himself went{H1980} a day's{H3117} journey{H1870} into the wilderness,{H4057} and came{H935} and sat down{H3427} under a{H259} juniper-tree:{H7574} and he requested{H7592} for himself{H5315} that he might die,{H4191} and said,{H559} It is enough;{H7227} now, O Jehovah,{H3068} take away{H3947} my life;{H5315} for I am not better{H2896} than my fathers.{H1}
  • Job 3:20-22 : 20 Wherefore is light{H216} given{H5414} to him that is in misery,{H6001} And life{H2416} unto the bitter{H4751} in soul;{H5315} 21 Who long{H2442} for death,{H4194} but it cometh not, And dig{H2658} for it more than for hid treasures;{H4301} 22 Who rejoice{H8056} exceedingly,{H1524} And are glad,{H7797} when they can find{H4672} the grave?{H6913}
  • Job 7:15-16 : 15 So that my soul{H5315} chooseth{H977} strangling,{H4267} And death{H4194} rather than [these] my bones.{H6106} 16 I loathe{H3988} [my life]; I would not live{H2421} alway:{H5769} Let me alone;{H2308} for my days{H3117} are vanity.{H1892}
  • Job 14:13 : 13 Oh that{H5414} thou wouldest hide{H6845} me in Sheol,{H7585} That thou wouldest keep me secret,{H5641} until thy wrath{H639} be past,{H7725} That thou wouldest appoint{H7896} me a set time,{H2706} and remember{H2142} me!
  • Ps 89:47 : 47 Oh remember{H2142} how short{H2465} my time is: For what vanity{H7723} hast thou created all the children{H1121} of men!{H1121}
  • Eccl 1:14 : 14 I have seen{H7200} all the works{H4639} that are done{H6213} under the sun;{H8121} and, behold, all is vanity{H1892} and a striving{H7469} after wind.{H7307}