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Ecclesiastes 2:17 KJV
Ecclesiastes · chapter 2 · verse 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.Ecclesiastes 2:17 · King James Version
Ecclesiastes 2:17 in context
15Then 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.
16For 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.
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.
18Yea, 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.
19And 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- grievousraʻbad or evilH7451 →
- vexationrᵉʻûwtha feeding uponH7469 →
- wroughtʻâsâhto do or make, in the broadest sense and widest applicationH6213 →
- vanityhebelemptiness or vanityH1892 →
- hatedsânêʼto hateH8130 →
- lifechayaliveH2416 →
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Business is a thing that wise men have pleasure in. They are in their element when they are in their business, and complain if they be out of business. They may sometimes be tired with their business, but they are not weary of it, nor willing to leave it off.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 17-26