Parallel Verses
King James 2000
All his days also he eats in darkness, and he has much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.
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.
Holman Bible
What is more, he eats in darkness all his days,
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.
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
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References
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Ecclesiastes 5:17
Verse Info
Context Readings
Hoarding Wealth Can Backfire
16 And this also is a great evil, that just as he came, so shall he go: and what profit has he who has labored for the wind? 17 All his days also he eats in darkness, and he has much sorrow and wrath with his sickness. 18 Behold that which I have seen: it is good and fitting for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labor that he takes under the sun all the days of his life, which God gives him: for this is his lot.
Phrases
Cross References
Psalm 127:2
It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he gives his beloved sleep.
Genesis 3:17
And unto Adam he said, Because you have listened unto the voice of your wife, and have eaten of the tree, of which I commanded you, saying, You shall not eat of it: cursed is the ground for your sake; in sorrow shall you eat of it all the days of your life;
1 Kings 17:12
And she said, As the LORD your God lives, I have not bread, but a handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a jar: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and prepare it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.
2 Kings 1:2
And Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber that was in Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said unto them, Go, inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron whether I shall recover of this disease.
2 Kings 1:6
And they said unto him, There came a man up to meet us, and said unto us, Go, return unto the king that sent you, and say unto him, Thus says the LORD, Is it because there is not a God in Israel, that you send to inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron? therefore you shall not come down from that bed on which you are gone up, but shall surely die.
2 Kings 5:27
The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cling unto you, and unto your descendants forever. And he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow.
2 Chronicles 16:10-12
Then Asa was angry with the seer, and put him in a prison house; for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. And Asa oppressed some of the people the same time.
2 Chronicles 24:24-25
For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men, and the LORD delivered a very great army into their hand, because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers. So they executed judgment against Joash.
Job 21:25
And another dies in the bitterness of his soul, and never eats with pleasure.
Psalm 78:33
Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, and their years in trouble.
Psalm 90:7-11
For we are consumed by your anger, and by your wrath are we troubled.
Psalm 102:9
For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,
Proverbs 1:27-29
When your terror comes as desolation, and your destruction comes as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish comes upon you.
Ezekiel 4:16-17
Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will cut off the supply of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with care; and they shall drink water by measure, and in dismay:
Acts 12:23
And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and died.
1 Corinthians 11:30-32
For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.