Ecclesiastes 2:17 BSB

Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְשָׂנֵ֙אתִי֙	ve.sa.Ne.ti	and I hated	H8130 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הַ֣חַיִּ֔ים	ha.chai.Yim	<the> life	H2416 →
כִּ֣י	ki	for	H3588 →
רַ֤ע	ra'	[was] evil	H7451 →
עָלַי֙	'a.Lai	on me	H5921 →
הַֽמַּעֲשֶׂ֔ה	ha.ma.'a.Seh	the work	H4639 →
שֶׁנַּעֲשָׂ֖ה	she.na.'a.Sah	that <it> was done	H6213 →
תַּ֣חַת	Ta.chat	under	H8478 →
הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁ	ha.Sha.mesh	the sun	H8121 →
כִּֽי־	ki-	for	H3588 →
הַכֹּ֥ל	ha.Kol	<the> everything	H3605 →
הֶ֖בֶל	He.vel	[is] futility	H1892 →
וּרְע֥וּת	u.re.'Ut	and striving of	H7469 →
רֽוּחַ׃	Ru.ach	wind	H7307 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Ecclesiastes 2:11
Yet when I considered all the works that my hands had accomplished and what I had toiled to achieve, I found everything to be futile, a pursuit of the wind; there was nothing to…
leads to
- Ecclesiastes 1:14
  I have seen all the things that are done under the sun, and have found them all to be futile, a pursuit of the wind.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 1 John 2:16–17
  For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world.
- Ecclesiastes 1:3
  What does a man gain from all his labor, at which he toils under the sun?
Through
Psalms 89:47
Remember the briefness of my lifespan! For what futility You have created all men!
leads to
- Job 14:1
  “Man, who is born of woman, is short of days and full of trouble.
Through
Jonah 4:8
As the sun was rising, God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on Jonah’s head so that he grew faint and wished to die, saying, “It is better for me…
leads to
- Psalms 121:6
  The sun will not strike you by day, nor the moon by night.
- Jonah 4:3
  And now, O LORD, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.”
Through
Ecclesiastes 4:2
So I admired the dead, who had already died, above the living, who are still alive.
leads to
- Job 3:11–26
  Why did I not perish at birth; why did I not die as I came from the womb?
Through
Ecclesiastes 6:9
Better what the eye can see than the wandering of desire. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
leads to
- Job 31:7
  If my steps have turned from the path, if my heart has followed my eyes, or if impurity has stuck to my hands,

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

Ecclesiastes 3:1To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:Job 14:1“Man, who is born of woman, is short of days and full of trouble.Ecclesiastes 2:11Yet when I considered all the works that my hands had accomplished and what I had toiled to achieve, I found everything to be futile, a pursuit of the wind; there was nothing to be gained under the sun.Ecclesiastes 1:2“Futility of futilities,” says the Teacher, “futility of futilities! Everything is futile!”John 12:25Whoever loves his life will lose it, but whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.Jonah 4:8As the sun was rising, God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on Jonah’s head so that he grew faint and wished to die, saying, “It is better for me to die than to live.”Ecclesiastes 4:2So I admired the dead, who had already died, above the living, who are still alive.Ecclesiastes 4:16There is no limit to all the people who were before them. Yet the successor will not be celebrated by those who come even later. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.Ecclesiastes 6:9Better what the eye can see than the wandering of desire. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.Psalms 89:47Remember the briefness of my lifespan! For what futility You have created all men!Jeremiah 20:14–18Cursed be the day I was born! May the day my mother bore me never be blessed.Ezekiel 3:14So the Spirit lifted me up and took me away, and I went in bitterness and in the anger of my spirit, with the strong hand of the LORD upon me.Job 3:20–22Why is light given to the miserable, and life to the bitter of soul,Job 7:15–16so that I would prefer strangling and death over my life in this body.Habakkuk 1:3Why do You make me see iniquity? Why do You tolerate wrongdoing? Destruction and violence are before me. Strife is ongoing, and conflict abounds.Jonah 4:3And now, O LORD, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.”1 Kings 19:4while he himself traveled on a day’s journey into the wilderness. He sat down under a broom tree and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, LORD,” he said. “Take my life, for I am no better than my fathers.”Job 14:13If only You would hide me in Sheol and conceal me until Your anger has passed! If only You would appoint a time for me and then remember me!

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The record, by era

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

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06About Ecclesiastes

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

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About Ecclesiastes