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Ecclesiastes 2:23

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For all his days [are] sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.

For all his days {H3117} are sorrows {H4341}, and his travail {H6045} grief {H3708}; yea, his heart {H3820} taketh not rest {H7901} in the night {H3915}. This is also vanity {H1892}.

His whole life is one of pain, and his work is full of stress; even at night his mind gets no rest. This too is pointless.

Indeed, all his days are filled with grief, and his task is sorrowful; even at night, his mind does not rest. This too is futile.

For all his days are but sorrows, and his travail is grief; yea, even in the night his heart taketh no rest. This also is vanity.

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Cross-References

  • Job 14:1 (9 votes)

    ¶ Man [that is] born of a woman [is] of few days, and full of trouble.

  • Job 5:7 (7 votes)

    Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.

  • Psalms 6:6 (3 votes)

    I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.

  • Psalms 6:7 (3 votes)

    Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of all mine enemies.

  • Psalms 127:2 (3 votes)

    [It is] vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: [for] so he giveth his beloved sleep.

  • Job 7:13 (3 votes)

    When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;

  • Job 7:14 (3 votes)

    Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions: