Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
What is more, he eats in darkness all his days,
New American Standard Bible
Throughout his life
King James Version
All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.
International Standard Version
Furthermore, all his days he lives in darkness with great sorrow, anger, and affliction.
A Conservative Version
All his days also he eats in gloom, and he is greatly troubled, and has depression and anger.
American Standard Version
All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he is sore vexed, and hath sickness and wrath.
Amplified
All of his life he also eats in darkness [cheerlessly, without sweetness and light], with great frustration, sickness, and anger.
Bible in Basic English
All his days are in the dark, and he has much sorrow, pain, disease, and trouble.
Darby Translation
All his days also he eateth in darkness, and hath much vexation, and sickness, and irritation.
Julia Smith Translation
Also all his days in darkness shall he eat, and much vexation and his sickness and his anger.
King James 2000
All his days also he eats in darkness, and he has much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Also, he eats in darkness all his days; he is frustrated [in] much sickness and resentment.
Modern King James verseion
Also all his days he eats in darkness, and he has much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
All the days of his life also must he eat in the dark, with great carefulness, sickness and sorrow.
NET Bible
Surely, he ate in darkness every day of his life, and he suffered greatly with sickness and anger.
New Heart English Bible
All his days he also eats in darkness, he is frustrated, and has sickness and wrath.
The Emphasized Bible
Even all his days, are spent in darkness and mourning, - and he is very morose, and is sad and angry.
Webster
All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.
World English Bible
All his days he also eats in darkness, he is frustrated, and has sickness and wrath.
Youngs Literal Translation
Also all his days in darkness he consumeth, and sadness, and wrath, and sickness abound.
Themes
Darkness » Illustrative of » Heavy afflictions
Disease » Sent as a judgment » Sometimes sent as a judgment for sin
Sickness » Sometimes sent as a judgment for sin
Topics
Interlinear
Yowm
Rabah
Ka`ac
References
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Ecclesiastes 5:17
Verse Info
Context Readings
Hoarding Wealth Can Backfire
16
This too is a sickening tragedy: exactly as he comes, so he will go. What does the one gain
Phrases
Cross References
Psalm 127:2
working hard to have enough food—
yes, He gives sleep to the one He loves.
Genesis 3:17
And He said to Adam, “Because you listened to your wife’s voice and ate from the tree about which I commanded you, ‘Do not eat from it’:
You will eat from it by means of painful labor
all the days of your life.
1 Kings 17:12
But she said, “As the Lord your God lives,
2 Kings 1:2
Ahaziah
2 Kings 1:6
They replied, “A man came to meet us and said, ‘Go back to the king who sent you and declare to him: This is what the Lord says: Is it because there is no God in Israel that you’re sending these men to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore, you will not get up from your sickbed—you will certainly die.’”
2 Kings 5:27
Therefore, Naaman’s skin disease will cling to you and your descendants forever.” So Gehazi went out from his presence diseased—white as snow.
2 Chronicles 16:10-12
Asa was angry with the seer and put him in prison
2 Chronicles 24:24-25
Although the Aramean army came with only a few men, the Lord handed over
Job 21:25
having never tasted prosperity.
Psalm 78:33
their years in sudden disaster.
Psalm 90:7-11
we are terrified by Your wrath.
Psalm 102:9
and mingle my drinks with tears
Proverbs 1:27-29
and your calamity comes like a whirlwind,
when trouble and stress overcome you.
Ezekiel 4:16-17
Then He said to me, “Son of man, I am going to cut off the supply of bread in Jerusalem.
Acts 12:23
At once an angel of the Lord
1 Corinthians 11:30-32
This is why many are sick and ill among you, and many have fallen asleep.