Ecclesiastes 2:23

For all his days 1 Are days of sorrows, and vexation of spirit is his; 1 In the night also his heart rests not. 1 This is also vanity. 1

Updated 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 labor, 1 And in the purpose of his heart 1 Wherein he labors under the sun. 1

24A man has nothing really good 1 To eat, and to drink, and to show his soul 1 As good in his trouble. 1 This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God. 1

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Cross References

Job 7:13I said that my bed should comfort me, 1 And I would privately counsel with myself on my couch. 1

Psalms 6:6For in death no man remembers thee: 1 And who will give thee thanks in Hades? 1

Psalms 77:2I will open my mouth in parables: 1 I will utter dark sayings which have been from the beginning. 1

Psalms 90:15He shall call upon me, and I will hearken to him: 1 I am with him in affliction; 1 And I will deliver him, and glorify him. 1

Ecclesiastes 1:18For in the abundance of wisdom is abundance of knowledge; 1 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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