Ecclesiastes 2:17 | |
NASB: So I hated life, for the work which had been done under the sun was grievous to me; because everything is futility and striving after wind. (NASB ©1995) GWT: So I came to hate life because everything done under the sun seemed wrong to me. Everything was pointless. [It was like] trying to catch the wind. (GOD'S WORD®) KJV: 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. ASV: 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. BBE: So I was hating life, because everything under the sun was evil to me: all is to no purpose and desire for wind. DBY: 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. JPS: 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. WBS: Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous to me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit. WEB: 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. YLT: And I have hated life, for sad to me [is] the work that hath been done under the sun, for the whole [is] vanity and vexation of spirit. | |
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