Ecclesiastes 2:17 - Good News Bible (Catholic edition in Septuagint order)

So life came to mean nothing to me, because everything in it had brought me nothing but trouble. It had all been useless; I had been chasing the wind.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

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Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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

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American Standard Version (1901)

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.

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Common English Bible

So I hated life, because the things that happen under the sun were troublesome to me. Definitely, everything is pointless—just wind chasing.

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Catholic Public Domain Version

And, because of this, my life wearied me, since I saw that everything under the sun is evil, and everything is empty and an affliction of the spirit.

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