Ecclesiastes 2:23 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.”
Ecclesiastes 2:23 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Ecclesiastes 2:23 in 6 Bible Translations
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Ecclesiastes 2:23 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“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.”
Ecclesiastes 2:23 — World English Bible
Ecclesiastes 2:23 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“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. ”
Ecclesiastes 2:23 — American Standard Version
Ecclesiastes 2:23 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“For all his days are sorrows, and his travail sadness; even at night his heart hath not lain down; this also <FI>is<Fi> vanity.”
Ecclesiastes 2:23 — Young's Literal Translation
Ecclesiastes 2:23 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“For all his days are sorrows, and his travail vexation: even in the night his heart taketh no rest. This also is vanity. ”
Ecclesiastes 2:23 — Darby Translation
Ecclesiastes 2:23 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“For all his dayes are sorowes, and his trauaile griefe: his heart also taketh not rest in the night: which also is vanitie.”
Ecclesiastes 2:23 — Geneva Bible
Ecclesiastes 2:23 in Context — Ecclesiastes 2
21 For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.
22 For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?
23 For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.
24 There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it was from the hand of God.
25 For who can eat, or who else can hasten hereunto, more than I?
What Does Ecclesiastes 2:23 Mean?
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