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Ecclesiastes 2:17

Western Saints

Jerome

"So I hated life, for I was depressed by all that goes on under the sun, because everything is vain and a vexation of the spirit." The world has been given over to unkindness [Cfr I John. 5, 19.] and the apostle moans about the tabernacle saying "I am a wretched man, who will free me from the body of this death?" [Rom. 7, 24.], and he hates quite rightly everything that is done under the sun. …

Commentary on Ecclesiastes ↗

Bonaventure

And from this he concludes: "Therefore I was weary of my life," as if he refused to live on account of weariness, as Job 10: "My soul is weary of my life": on account of occasions of sin: Genesis 27, Rebecca said: "I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth." On account of labors: Numbers 21: "The people began to be weary of the journey and the labor, and they spoke against the Lord" etc. …

Commentary on Ecclesiastes, Chapter 2 ↗