Ecclesiastes 2:17
“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.”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 Ecclesiastes 2:17 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
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.
American Standard Version (ASV)English
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.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Da haßte ich das Leben; denn das Tun, welches unter der Sonne geschieht, mißfiel mir; denn alles ist Eitelkeit und ein Haschen nach Wind. -
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Aborrecí por tanto la vida; porque la obra que se hace debajo del sol me era fastidiosa; por cuanto todo es vanidad y aflicción de espíritu.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
Por isso detestei a vida, porque a obra que é feita abaixo do sol me faz sofrer; pois tudo é fútil como perseguir o vento.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Então, detestei a vida porque achei má toda obra feita debaixo do sol, porque tudo é inútil, e como uma tentativa de agarrar o vento.
📖 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.
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