Ecclesiastes 2:23
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.
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In Context
22For what does a man get for all the toil and striving with which he labors under the sun?
Cross References
Esther 6:1That night sleep escaped the king; so he ordered the Book of Records, the Chronicles, to be brought in and read to him.
Job 7:13When I think my bed will comfort me and my couch will ease my complaint,
Psalms 6:6I am weary from groaning; all night I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears.
Psalms 77:2In the day of trouble I sought the Lord; through the night my outstretched hands did not grow weary; my soul refused to be comforted.
Psalms 90:15Make us glad for as many days as You have afflicted us, for as many years as we have seen evil.
Ecclesiastes 1:18For with much wisdom comes much sorrow, and as knowledge grows, grief increases.
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 →