Ecclesiastes 5:17

Also all his days he ate in darkness, and had much grief and anxiety and vexation.

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In The King James Version

All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.

In Context

16This is also a sore evil, that, in all points as he came, so shall he go. And what profit is there to him who toileth for wind?

18Behold, what I have seen is, that it is good and proper for one to eat and drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labor which he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him; for it is his portion.

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Cross References

Psalms 78:33Therefore he consumed their days in vanity, And their years in sudden destruction.

Psalms 102:9For I eat ashes like bread, And mingle my drink with tears.

Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 5:10-18

The Vanity of Riches. 9 Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field. 10 He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity. 11 When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes? 12 The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.… Read the whole commentary →

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