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Ecclesiastes 2:17

NETBible	So I loathed¹ life² because what happens³ on earth⁴ seems awful to me; for all the benefits of wisdom⁵ are futile – like chasing the wind.
NIV © biblegateway Ecc 2:17	So I hated life, because the work that is done under the sun was grievous to me. All of it is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.
NASB © biblegateway Ecc 2:17	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.
NLT © biblegateway Ecc 2:17	So now I hate life because everything done here under the sun is so irrational. Everything is meaningless, like chasing the wind.
MSG © biblegateway Ecc 2:17	I hate life. As far as I can see, what happens on earth is a bad business. It's smoke--and spitting into the wind.
BBE © SABDAweb Ecc 2:17	So I was hating life, because everything under the sun was evil to me: all is to no purpose and desire for wind.
NRSV © bibleoremus Ecc 2:17	So I hated life, because what is done under the sun was grievous to me; for all is vanity and a chasing after wind.
NKJV © biblegateway Ecc 2:17	Therefore I hated life because the work that was done under the sun was distressing to me, for all is vanity and grasping for the wind.
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KJV	Therefore I hated <08130> (8804) life <02416>_; because the work <04639> that is wrought <06213> (8738) under the sun <08121> [is] grievous <07451> unto me: for all [is] vanity <01892> and vexation <07469> of spirit <07307>_.
NASB © biblegateway Ecc 2:17	So I hated <08130> life <02425> , for the work <04639> which <07945> had been done <06213> under <08478> the sun <08121> was grievous <07451> to me; because <03588> everything <03605> is futility <01892> and striving <07469> after wind <07307> .
LXXM	kai <2532> CONJ emishsa <3404> V-AAI-1S sun <4862> PREP thn <3588> T-ASF zwhn <2222> N-ASF oti <3754> CONJ ponhron <4190> A-NSN ep <1909> PREP eme <1473> P-AS to <3588> T-NSN poihma <4161> N-NSN to <3588> T-NSN pepoihmenon <4160> V-RMPNS upo <5259> PREP ton <3588> T-ASM hlion <2246> N-ASM oti <3754> CONJ ta <3588> T-NPN panta <3956> A-NPN mataiothv <3153> N-NSF kai <2532> CONJ proairesiv {N-NSF} pneumatov <4151> N-GSN
NET [draft] ITL	So I loathed <08130> life <02416> because <03588> what happens <06213> <04639> on <05921> earth <08121> <08478> seems awful <07451> to me; for <03588> all <03605> the benefits of wisdom are futile <01892> – like chasing <07469> the wind <07307> .
HEBREW	xwr <07307> twerw <07469> lbh <01892> lkh <03605> yk <03588> smsh <08121> txt <08478> hvens <06213> hvemh <04639> yle <05921> er <07451> yk <03588> Myyxh <02416> ta <0853> ytanvw (2:17) <08130>

NETBible

So I loathed¹ life² because what happens³ on earth⁴ seems awful to me; for all the benefits of wisdom⁵ are futile – like chasing the wind.

NET Notes

¹tn Or “I hated.”

²tn The term הַחַיִּים (hakhayyim, “life”) functions as a metonymy of association, that is, that which is associated with life, that is, the profitlessness and futility of human secular achievement.

³tn Heb “the deed that is done.” The root עָשָׂה (’asah, “to do”) is repeated in הַמַּעֲשֶׂה שֶׁנַּעֲשָׂה (hamma’aseh shenna’asah, “the deed that is done”) for emphasis. Here, the term “deed” does not refer to human accomplishment, as in 2:1-11, but to the fact of death that destroys any relative advantage of wisdom over folly (2:14a-16). Qoheleth metaphorically describes death as a “deed” that is “done” to man.

⁴tn Heb “under the sun.”

⁵tn Heb “all,” referring here to the relative advantage of wisdom.