World English Bible
"So 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."
— Ecclesiastes 2:17, World English Bible
“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.”
“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. ”
“So I loathed life because what happens on earth seems awful to me; for all the benefits of wisdom are futile– like chasing the wind.”
“And 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.”
“So I was hating life, because everything under the sun was evil to me: all is to no purpose and desire for wind.”
“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.”
The wise man's eyes are in his head, and the fool walks in darkness--and yet I perceived that one event happens to them all.
Then I said in my heart, "As it happens to the fool, so will it happen even to me; and why was I then more wise?" Then I said in my heart that this also is vanity.
For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no memory for ever, since in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. Indeed, the wise man must die just like the fool!
So 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.
I hated all my labor in which I labored under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who comes after me.
Who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will have rule over all of my labor in which I have labored, and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.
Therefore I began to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor in which I had labored under the sun.