Cross References All his days are full of sorrows and miseries, even in the night he doth not rest in mind: and is not this vanity? Genesis 3:17 And to Adam he said: Because thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee, that thou shouldst not eat, cursed is the earth in thy work: with labour and toil shalt thou eat thereof all the days of thy life. Job 5:7 Man is born to labour, and the bird to fly. Job 14:1 Man born of a woman, living for a short time, is filled with many miseries. Psalm 127:2 It is vain for you to rise before light, rise ye after you have sitten, you that eat the bread of sorrow. When he shall give sleep to his beloved, Ecclesiastes 1:13 And I proposed in my mind to seek and search out wisely concerning all things that are done under the sun. This painful occupation hath God given to the children of men, to be exercised therein. Ecclesiastes 1:18 Because in much wisdom there is much indignation: and he that addeth knowledge, addeth also labour. Ecclesiastes 2:11 And when I turned myself to all the works which my hands had wrought, and to the labours wherein I had laboured in vain, I saw in all things vanity, and vexation of mind, and that nothing was lasting under the sun. Ecclesiastes 5:17 All the days of his life he eateth in darkness, and in many cares, and in misery, and sorrow. Ecclesiastes 8:16 And I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to understand the distraction that is upon earth: for there are some that day and night take no sleep with their eyes. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge All his days are full of sorrows and miseries, even in the night he doth not rest in mind: and is not this vanity? all Genesis 47:9 He answered: The days of my pilgrimage are a hundred and thirty years, few, and evil, and they are not come up to the days of the pilgrimage of my fathers. Job 5:7 Man is born to labour, and the bird to fly. Job 14:1 Man born of a woman, living for a short time, is filled with many miseries. Psalm 90:7-10,15 For in thy wrath we have fainted away: and are troubled in thy indignation. . . . Psalm 127:2 It is vain for you to rise before light, rise ye after you have sitten, you that eat the bread of sorrow. When he shall give sleep to his beloved, his heart Ecclesiastes 5:12 Sleep is sweet to a labouring man, whether he eat little or much: but the fulness of the rich will not suffer him to sleep. Esther 6:1 That night the king passed without sleep, and he commanded the histories and chronicles of former times to be brought him. And when they were reading them before him, Job 7:13,14 If I say: My bed shall comfort me, and I shall be relieved, speaking with myself on my couch: . . . Psalm 6:6,7 I have laboured in my groanings, every night I will wash my bed: I will water my couch with my tears. . . . Psalm 32:4 For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: I am turned in my anguish, whilst the thorn is fastened. Psalm 77:2-4 In the days of my trouble I sought God, with my hands lifted up to him in the night, and I was not deceived. My soul refused to be comforted: . . . Daniel 6:18 And the king went away to his house, and laid himself down without taking supper, and meat was not set before him, and even sleep departed from him. Acts 14:22 Confirming the souls of the disciples and exhorting them to continue in the faith: and that through many tribulations we must enter into the kingdom of God. Context The Futility of Work…22For what profit shall a man have of all his labour, and vexation of spirit, with which he hath been tormented under the sun? 23All his days are full of sorrows and miseries, even in the night he doth not rest in mind: and is not this vanity?24Is it not better to eat and drink, and to shew his soul good things of his labours? and this is from the hand of God.… Lexicon Indeed,כִּ֧י (kî) Conjunction Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction all כָל־ (ḵāl) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every his days יָמָ֣יו (yā·māw) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3117: A day are filled with grief, מַכְאֹבִ֗ים (maḵ·’ō·ḇîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 4341: Anguish, affliction and his task עִנְיָנ֔וֹ (‘in·yā·nōw) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 6045: Ado, employment, an affair is sorrowful; וָכַ֙עַס֙ (wā·ḵa·‘as) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3708: Vexation, anger even גַּם־ (gam-) Conjunction Strong's Hebrew 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and at night, בַּלַּ֖יְלָה (bal·lay·lāh) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3915: A twist, night, adversity his mind לִבּ֑וֹ (lib·bōw) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre does not לֹא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no rest. שָׁכַ֣ב (šā·ḵaḇ) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 7901: To lie down This זֶ֖ה (zeh) Pronoun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 2088: This, that too גַּם־ (gam-) Conjunction Strong's Hebrew 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and is futile. הֶ֥בֶל (he·ḇel) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1892: Emptiness, vanity, transitory, unsatisfactory Additional Translations 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.For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yes, his heart takes not rest in the night. This is also vanity. For all his days are but'sorrows, and his travail is grief; yea, even in the night his heart taketh no rest. This also is vanity. For all his days are days of sorrows, and vexation of spirit is his; in the night also his heart rests not. This is also vanity. For all his days are sorrows, and his travail vexation: even in the night his heart taketh no rest. This also is vanity. For all his days are but sorrows, and his travail is grief; yea, even in the night his heart taketh no rest. This also is vanity. For all his days are sorrows, and his labor grief; yes, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity. For all his days are sorrows, and his travail is grief; yes, even in the night his heart takes no rest. This also is vanity. For all his days are sorrows, and his travail sadness; even at night his heart hath not lain down; this also is vanity. Jump to Previous Full Grief Grievous Heart Labor Mind Night Occupation Pain Painful Pains Purpose Rest Sadness Sorrow Sorrows Task Travail Vanity Vexation WorkJump to Next Full Grief Grievous Heart Labor Mind Night Occupation Pain Painful Pains Purpose Rest Sadness Sorrow Sorrows Task Travail Vanity Vexation WorkExternal Links Ecclesiastes 2:23 NIVEcclesiastes 2:23 NLT Ecclesiastes 2:23 ESV Ecclesiastes 2:23 NASB Ecclesiastes 2:23 ASV Ecclesiastes 2:23 Bible Apps Ecclesiastes 2:23 Biblia Paralela Ecclesiastes 2:23 Chinese Bible Ecclesiastes 2:23 French Bible Ecclesiastes 2:23 German Bible Alphabetical: All and at Because days does even grief grievous his is meaningless mind night not pain painful rest task This too vanity work OT Poetry: Ecclesiastes 2:23 For all his days are sorrows (Ecclesiast. Ec Ecc Eccles.) 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