Ecclesiastes 2:23

For all his days are days of sorrows, and vexation of spirit is his; in the night also his heart rests not. This is also vanity.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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

In Context

22For it happens to a man in all his labour, and in the purpose of his heart wherein he labours under the sun.

24A man has nothing really good to eat, and to drink, and to shew his soul as good in his trouble. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God.

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Cross References

Job 7:13I said that my bed should comfort me, and I would privately counsel with myself on my couch.

Psalms 6:6For in death no man remembers thee: and who will give thee thanks in Hades?

Psalms 77:2+ 77:2 Mat. 13. 35. I will open my mouth in parables: I will utter dark sayings which have been from the beginning.

Psalms 90:15He shall call upon me, and I will hearken to him: I am with him in affliction; and I will deliver him, and glorify him.

Ecclesiastes 1:18For in the abundance of wisdom is abundance of knowledge; and he that increases knowledge will increase sorrow.

Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 2:18-26

Sources of Dissatisfaction; The Cheerful Use of Abundance. 17 Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit. 18 Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me. 19 And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also… Read the whole commentary →

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