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Ecclesiaste 2:17

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17 Perciò ho odiata questa vita; imperocchè le opere che si fanno sotto il sole mi son dispiaciute; perchè ogni cosa è vanità, e tormento di spirito.

Ecclesiaste 2:17 Meaning and Commentary

Ecclesiastes 2:17

Therefore I hated life
Not strictly and simply understood, since life is the gift of God; and a great blessing it is, more than raiment, and so dear to a man, that he will give all he has for it: but comparatively, in comparison of the lovingkindness of God, which is better than life; or in comparison of eternal life, which a good man desires to depart from this world, for the sake of enjoying it. The sense seems to be this, that since the case of wise men and fools was equal, he had the less love for life, the less regard to it, the less desire to continue in it; no solid happiness being to be enjoyed in anything under the sun: though some think that he was even weary of life, impatient of it, as Job, Jonah, and others have been. The Targum is,

``I hate all evil life:''
Alshech interprets it of the good things of this world, which were the cause of hurt unto him; and Aben Ezra understands, by life, living persons; because the work that is wrought under the sun [is] grievous unto me;
which was either wrought by himself; particularly his hard studies, and eager pursuits after knowledge and wisdom, which were a weariness to his flesh; or which were done by others, especially evil ones: so the Targum,
``for evil to me is an evil work, which is done by the children of men under the sun in this world;''
for all [is] vanity and vexation of spirit; (See Gill on Ecclesiastes 1:14).
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Ecclesiaste 2:17 In-Context

15 Laonde ho detto nel cuor mio: Egli avverrà anche a me il medesimo avvenimento che allo stolto; che mi gioverà egli adunque allora d’essere stato più savio? perciò ho detto nel cuor mio che ciò ancora è vanità.
16 Perciocchè non vi sarà giammai più memoria del savio, come nè anche dello stolto; conciossiachè nei giorni vegnenti ogni cosa sarà già dimenticata. E come muore il savio così muore anche lo stolto.
17 Perciò ho odiata questa vita; imperocchè le opere che si fanno sotto il sole mi son dispiaciute; perchè ogni cosa è vanità, e tormento di spirito.
18 Ho eziando odiata ogni mia fatica che io ho durata sotto il sole, la quale io lascerò a colui che sarà dopo di me.
19 E chi sa s’egli sarà savio, o stolto? e pure egli sarà signore d’ogni mia fatica, intorno alla quale mi sarò affaticato, ed avrò adoperata la mia sapienza sotto il sole. Anche questo è vanità.
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