Ecclesiastes 2:17

Ecclesiastes 2:17 English Standard Version 2016 (ESV)

So I hated life, because what is done under the sun was grievous to me, for all is vanity and a striving after wind.

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.

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, for the work which had been done under the sun was grievous to me; because everything is futility and striving after wind.

So I hated life. It made me sad to think that everything here on earth is useless, like chasing the wind.

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 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.

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.

So I hated life, for the work which had been done under the sun caused me only great sorrow; because all is futility and chasing after the wind.

So I came to hate life because everything done here under the sun is so troubling. Everything is meaningless—like chasing the wind.