Ecclesiastes 2:17 Cross References - Bishops

¹⁷ Thus began I to be weery of my life, insomuch that I coulde away with nothyng that is done vnder the sunne: for all was but vanitie and vexation of mynde

¹⁵ If thou deale thus with me, kyll me I pray thee, if I haue founde fauour in thy sight, yt I see not my wretchednesse

⁴ But he him selfe went a dayes iourney into the wildernesse, and came and sat downe vnder a Iuniper tree, and desired for his soule that he might dye, and sayde: It is nowe enough O Lorde, take my soule, for I am not better then my fathers

²⁰ Wherefore is the light geuen to hym that is in miserie? & lyfe vnto them that haue heauy heartes ²¹ Whiche long for death and finde it not, though they search more for it than for treasures ²² Which reioyce exceedingly, and be glad when they can finde the graue

¹⁵ That my soule wisheth rather to perishe and die, then my bones to remayne ¹⁶ I can see no remedy, I shall liue no more: O spare me then, for my dayes are but vanitie

¹³ O that thou wouldest hide me in the graue, & keepe me secret vntyl thy wrath were past, and to appoynt me a time wherein thou mightest remember me

⁴⁷ (89:46) Remember what I am, howe short my tyme is of lyfe: wherfore hast thou created in vayne all the sonnes of men

¹⁴ Thus haue I considered all these thynges that come to passe vnder the sunne: and lo, they are all but vanitie and vexation of mynde

¹¹ But when I considered all the workes that my handes had wrought, and all the labour that I had taken therin: lo all was but vanitie and vexation of mynde, and nothing of any value vnder the sunne

²² For what getteth a man of all the labour and trauayle of his mynde that he taketh vnder the sunne

¹⁶ Moreouer, I sawe vnder the sunne vngodlynes in the steade of iudgement, & iniquitie in steade of righteousnesse

² Wherfore I iudged those that are dead, to be more happy then those that be alyue

⁹ The cleare sight of the eye, is better then that the soule shoulde walke after desires of the lust: Howbeit, this is also a vayne thyng, and a disquietnesse of mynde

¹⁴ Cursed be the day wherein I was borne, vnhappy be the day wherein my mother brought me foorth ¹⁵ Cursed be the man that brought my father the tidinges to make hym gald, saying, Thou hast begotten a sonne ¹⁶ Let it happen vnto that man, as to the cities whiche the Lorde turned vpsidedowne and repented not: Let hym heare crying in the morning, and at noone day lamentable howling ¹⁷ Why sluest thou not me assoone as I came out of my mothers wombe? or that my mother had ben my graue her selfe, that the byrth might not haue come out, but remayned still in her ¹⁸ Wherefore came I foorth of my mothers wombe? to haue experience of labour and sorowe, and to leade my lyfe with shame

¹⁴ Nowe when the spirite lift me vp and tooke me away, I went in bitternesse and furie of my spirite: but the hande of the Lorde vpon me was strong

³ And nowe O Lorde, take I beseche thee my lyfe from me: for it is better for me to dye, then to lyue

⁸ And when the sunne rose, God prepared a seruent east winde, and the sunne beat vpon the head of Ionas that he fainted: and wished vnto his soule, that he might dye, and saide, It is better for me to dye, then to lyue

³ Why doest thou shew me iniquitie, and cause me to beholde sorowe? for spoyling and violence are before me, & there are that rayse vp stryfe and contention

²³ For I am in a strayte betwixt two, hauyng a desire to be loosed, and to be with Christ, which is much farre better ²⁴ Neuerthelesse, to abyde in ye fleshe, [is] more needefull for you ²⁵ And this am I sure of, that I shall abyde & continue with you all, for your furtheraunce and ioy of fayth