12 Bible Verses about Questioning Life

Then resolved I, to give my heart over to despair, - concerning all the toil, wherein I had toiled, under the sun. For here is a man, whose toil hath been with wisdom and with knowledge and with skill, - yet, to a man who hath not toiled therein, shall he leave it as his portion, even this, was vanity and a great vexation. For what hath the man for all his toil, and for the striving of his heart, - wherein, he himself, toiled under the sun?

What profit hath Man, in all his toil wherewith he toileth under the sun?

What profit hath he that worketh, in that wherein, himself, hath toiled?

Wretched, man am, I! Who shall rescue me out of this body doomed to death?

Righteous, art thou O Yahweh, when I present my pleading unto thee, - Yet, concerning the things that are right, let me speak with thee, - Wherefore hath, the way of the lawless, prospered? Wherefore have all, utter traitors, been at ease?

And, he, said unto him - Why dost thou question me concerning that which is good? There is, One, that is good! But, if thou desirest, into life, to enter, be keeping the commandments.

The impious hath said in his heart - There is no God! They have acted corruptly, they have done an abominable deed, there is none that doeth good.

But, he himself, went into the wilderness a day's journey, and came and sat down under a certain shrub, - and asked for his life, that he might die, and said - Enough, now, O Yahweh! take away my life, for, no better, am, I, than, my fathers. And, as he lay, and slept, under a certain shrub, lo! a messenger, touching him, who said to him - Rise, eat.

Therefore I hated life, for, a vexation unto me, was the work which was done under the sun, - for, all, was vanity, and a feeding on wind. Therefore hated, I, all my toil, wherein I was toiling, under the sun, - in that I should leave it for the man who should come after me;

Who is it that darkeneth counsel, by words, without knowledge? Gird, I pray thee - like a strong man - thy loins, that I may ask thee, and inform thou me: Where wast thou, when I founded the earth? Tell, if thou knowest understanding!read more.
Who set the measurements thereof, if thou knowest? Or who stretched out over it a line? Whereon were the pedestals thereof sunk? Or who laid the corner stone thereof; - When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy? Or who shut in, with double doors, the sea, when, bursting out of the womb, it came forth; When I put a cloud as the garment thereof, and a thick cloud as the swaddling-band thereof; And brake off for it my boundary, and fixed a bar and double doors; And said - Hitherto, shalt thou come, and no further, - and, here, shalt thou set a limit to the majesty of thy waves? Since thy days began hast thou commanded the morning? or caused the dawn to know its place;

So then the people spake against God and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt, to die in the desert? for there is neither bread nor water, and our soul, doth loathe this contemptible bread!

And, in those days, shall men seek death, and in nowise shall find it, and shall covet to die, and death fleeth from them.