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Ecclesiastes 2

Eccl. 2:17 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Therefore I hated
sane' (Hebrew #8130)
to hate (personally)
KJV usage: enemy, foe, (be) hate(-ful, -r), odious, X utterly.
Pronounce: saw-nay'
Origin: a primitive root
life
chay (Hebrew #2416)
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively
KJV usage: + age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, + merry, multitude, + (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.
Pronounce: khah'-ee
Origin: from 2421
; because the work
ma`aseh (Hebrew #4639)
an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
KJV usage: act, art, + bakemeat, business, deed, do(-ing), labor, thing made, ware of making, occupation, thing offered, operation, possession, X well, ((handy-, needle-, net-))work(ing, - manship), wrought.
Pronounce: mah-as-eh'
Origin: from 6213
that is wrought
`asah (Hebrew #6213)
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)
KJV usage: accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, X certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, + displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, + feast, (fight-)ing man, + finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, + hinder, hold ((a feast)), X indeed, + be industrious, + journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, + officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, X sacrifice, serve, set, shew, X sin, spend, X surely, take, X thoroughly, trim, X very, + vex, be (warr-)ior, work(-man), yield, use.
Pronounce: aw-saw'
Origin: a primitive root
under the sun
shemesh (Hebrew #8121)
the sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e. (arch.) a notched battlement
KJV usage: + east side(-ward), sun ((rising)), + west(-ward), window. See also 1053.
Pronounce: sheh'-mesh
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be brilliant
is grievous
ra` (Hebrew #7451)
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
KJV usage: adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, + displease(-ure), distress, evil((- favouredness), man, thing), + exceedingly, X great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), + mark, mischief(-vous), misery, naught(-ty), noisome, + not please, sad(-ly), sore, sorrow, trouble, vex, wicked(-ly, -ness, one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.).
Pronounce: rah
Origin: from 7489
unto me: for all is vanity
hebel (Hebrew #1892)
from 1891; emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb
KJV usage: X altogether, vain, vanity.
Pronounce: heh'bel
Origin: or (rarely in the abs.) habel {hab-ale'}
and vexation
r`uwth (Hebrew #7469)
a feeding upon, i.e. grasping after
KJV usage: vexation.
Pronounce: reh-ooth'
Origin: probably from 7462
of spirit
ruwach (Hebrew #7307)
wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions)
KJV usage: air, anger, blast, breath, X cool, courage, mind, X quarter, X side, spirit((-ual)), tempest, X vain, ((whirl-))wind(-y).
Pronounce: roo'-akh
Origin: from 7306
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Cross References

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I hated.
Num. 11:15• 15And if thou deal thus with me, slay me, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine eyes, that I may not behold my wretchedness. (Num. 11:15)
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1 Kings 19:4• 4And he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a certain broom-bush, and requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough: now, Jehovah, take my life; for I am not better than my fathers. (1 Kings 19:4)
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Job 3:20‑22• 20Wherefore is light given to him that is in trouble, and life to those bitter of soul,
 21Who long for death, and it cometh not, and dig for it more than for hidden treasures;
 22Who rejoice even exultingly and are glad when they find the grave?-- (Job 3:20‑22)
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Job 7:15‑16• 15So that my soul chooseth strangling, death, rather than my bones.
 16I loathe it; I shall not live always: let me alone, for my days are a breath. (Job 7:15‑16)
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Job 14:13• 13Oh that thou wouldest hide me in Sheol, that thou wouldest keep me secret until thine anger be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me,-- (Job 14:13)
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Jer. 20:14‑18• 14Cursed be the day wherein I was born; let not the day wherein my mother bore me be blessed!
 15Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man child is born unto thee; making him very glad!
 16And let that man be as the cities which Jehovah overthrew, and repented not; and let him hear a cry in the morning, and a shouting at noonday,
 17because he slew me not from the womb. Or would that my mother had been my grave, and her womb always great with me!
 18Wherefore came I forth from the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed in shame? (Jer. 20:14‑18)
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Jonah 4:3,8• 3And now, Jehovah, take, I beseech thee, my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.
 8And it came to pass, when the sun arose, that God prepared a sultry east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, so that he fainted; and he requested for himself that he might die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live. (Jonah 4:3,8)
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Phil. 1:23‑25• 23But I am pressed by both, having the desire for departure and being with Christ, for it is very much better,
 24but remaining in the flesh is more necessary for your sakes;
 25and having confidence of this, I know that I shall remain and abide along with you all, for your progress and joy in faith; (Phil. 1:23‑25)
work.
Eccl. 1:14• 14I have seen all the works that are done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity and pursuit of the wind. (Eccl. 1:14)
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Eccl. 3:16• 16And moreover I saw under the sun, that in the place of judgment, wickedness was there; and in the place of righteousness, wickedness was there. (Eccl. 3:16)
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Ezek. 3:14• 14And the Spirit lifted me up, and took me away; and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit, and the hand of Jehovah was strong upon me. (Ezek. 3:14)
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Hab. 1:3• 3Why dost thou cause me to see iniquity, and lookest thou upon grievance? For spoiling and violence are before me; and there is strife, and contention riseth up. (Hab. 1:3)
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Eccl. 2:11,22• 11Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that it had cost me to do them; and behold, all was vanity and pursuit of the wind, and there was no profit under the sun.
 22For what will man have of all his labour and of the striving of his heart, wherewith he hath wearied himself under the sun? (Eccl. 2:11,22)
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Eccl. 6:9• 9Better is the seeing of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this also is vanity and pursuit of the wind. (Eccl. 6:9)
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Psa. 89:47• 47Remember, as regards me, what life is. Wherefore hast thou created all the children of men to be vanity? (Psa. 89:47)

J. N. Darby Translation

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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.