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Ecclesiastes 5:17

Ecclesiastes chapter 5 · verse 17 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.16And this also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that he laboreth for the wind?

v.17This passage

v.18Behold, that which I have seen to be good and to be comely is for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labor, wherein he laboreth under the sun, all the days of his life which God hath given him: for this is his portion.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 2 Chronicles 16:10

    Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in the prison-house; for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. And Asa oppressed some of the people at the same time.

  • Proverbs 1:27

    When your fear cometh as a storm, And your calamity cometh on as a whirlwind; When distress and anguish come upon you.

  • 2 Kings 5:27

    The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow.

  • Job 21:25

    And another dieth in bitterness of soul, And never tasteth of good.

  • 2 Kings 1:6

    And they said unto him, There came up a man to meet us, and said unto us, Go, turn again unto the king that sent you, and say unto him, Thus saith Jehovah, Is it because there is no God in Israel, that thou sendest to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? therefore thou shalt not come down from the bed whither thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.

  • Acts 12:23

    And immediately an angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.