Ecclesiastes 5:17
Even all his days, [are spent] in darkness and mourning,—and he is very morose, and is sad and angry.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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
Cross References
Genesis 3:17And, to the man, he said, Because thou didst hearken to the voice of thy wife, and so didst eat of the tree as to which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it, Accursed be the ground for thy sake, In pain, shalt thou eat of it, all the days of thy life;
2 Kings 1:2And Ahaziah fell through the lattice in his upper chamber, which was in Samaria, and became sick,—so he sent messengers, and said unto them—Go enquire of Baalzebub, god of Ekron, whether I shall recover from this sickness.
2 Kings 5:27The leprosy of Naaman, therefore, shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed, to times age-abiding. And he went forth from before him—a leper—like snow.
2 Chronicles 24:24Although, with a comparatively few men, came the force of Syria, yet, Yahweh, delivered into their hand an exceeding large force,—because they had forsaken Yahweh, the God of their fathers,—and, upon Joash, executed they judgments.
Psalms 78:33So he ended, in a breath, their days, And their years, in a sudden terror!
Psalms 102:9For, ashes—like bread, have I eaten, And, my drink—with my tears, have I mingled;
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 →