Ecclesiastes 5:17

In 11 translations

BSB

Moreover, all his days he eats in darkness, with much sorrow, sickness, and anger.

KJV

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

WEB

All his days he also eats in darkness, he is frustrated, and has sickness and wrath.

ASV

All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he is sore vexed, and hath sickness and wrath.

LSV

He also consumes all his days in darkness, and sadness, and wrath, and sickness abound.

YLT

Also all his days in darkness he consumeth, and sadness, and wrath, and sickness abound.

DBY

All his days also he eateth in darkness, and hath much vexation, and sickness, and irritation.

DRC5:16

All the days of his life he eateth in darkness, and in many cares, and in misery, and sorrow.

GNV5:16

Also all his dayes hee eateth in darkenes with much griefe, and in his sorowe and anger.

JPS5:16

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

LXXE5:16

Yea, all his days are in darkness, and in mourning, and much sorrow, and infirmity, and wrath.

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WLC5:16

גַּ֥ם כָּל־יָמָ֖יו בַּחֹ֣שֶׁךְ יֹאכֵ֑ל וְכָעַ֥ס הַרְבֵּ֖ה וְחָלְי֥וֹ וָקָֽצֶף׃KJV:Eccl.5.17

LXX-Br5:16

Καί γε πᾶσαι αἱ ἡμέραι αὐτοῦ ἐν σκότει, καὶ ἐν πένθει, καὶ θυμῷ πολλῷ, καὶ ἀῤῥωστίᾳ, καὶ χόλῳ.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Psalms 127:2In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for bread to eat— for He gives sleep to His beloved.
• 2 Chronicles 16:10–12Asa was angry with the seer and became so enraged over this matter that he put the man in prison. And at the same time Asa oppressed some of the people. Now the rest of the acts of Asa, from beginning to end, are…
• 2 Kings 5:27Therefore, the leprosy of Naaman will cling to you and your descendants forever!” And as Gehazi left his presence, he was leprous—as white as snow.
• 2 Kings 1:6They replied, “A man came up to meet us and said, ‘Go back to the king who sent you and tell him that this is what the LORD says: Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are sending these men to inquire of…
• Psalms 90:7–11For we are consumed by Your anger and terrified by Your wrath. You have set our iniquities before You, our secret sins in the light of Your presence. For all our days decline in Your fury; we finish our years with a…
• Psalms 102:9For I have eaten ashes like bread and mixed my drink with tears
• Job 21:25Yet another man dies in the bitterness of his soul, having never tasted prosperity.
• 1 Corinthians 11:30–32That is why many among you are weak and sick, and a number of you have fallen asleep. Now if we judged ourselves properly, we would not come under judgment. But when we are judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined…
• 2 Chronicles 24:24–25Although the Aramean army had come with only a few men, the LORD delivered into their hand a very great army. Because Judah had forsaken the LORD, the God of their fathers, judgment was executed on Joash. And when the…
• Proverbs 1:27–29when your dread comes like a storm, and your destruction like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish overwhelm you. Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; they will earnestly seek me, but will not find me.…
• 1 Kings 17:12But she replied, “As surely as the LORD your God lives, I have no bread—only a handful of flour in a jar and a little oil in a jug. Look, I am gathering a couple of sticks to take home and prepare a meal for myself and…
• Psalms 78:33So He ended their days in futility, and their years in sudden terror.
• Acts 12:23Immediately, because Herod did not give glory to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.
• Genesis 3:17And to Adam He said: “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat, cursed is the ground because of you; through toil you will eat of it all the…
• 2 Kings 1:2Now Ahaziah had fallen through the lattice of his upper room in Samaria and injured himself. So he sent messengers and instructed them: “Go inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I will recover from this…
• Ezekiel 4:16–17Then He told me, “Son of man, I am going to cut off the supply of food in Jerusalem. They will anxiously eat bread rationed by weight, and in despair they will drink water by measure. So they will lack food and water;…

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