Ecclesiastes 2:23
“For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 Ecclesiastes 2:23 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.
American Standard Version (ASV)English
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.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Denn alle seine Tage sind Kummer, und seine Geschäftigkeit ist Verdruß; selbst des Nachts ruht sein Herz nicht. Auch das ist Eitelkeit.
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Porque todos sus días no son sino dolores, y sus trabajos molestias: aun de noche su corazón no reposa. Esto también es vanidad.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
Porque todos os seus dias são dores, e aflição é sua rotina; até de noite seu coração não descansa; também isto é futilidade.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Todo dia seu trabalho é penoso e estressante, e à noite sua alma não encontra descanso. Isso também é ilusão.
📖 Ecclesiastes 2:23 in Context
21For 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.
22For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?
23For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.
24There 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.
25For who can eat, or who else can hasten hereunto, more than I?
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