Ecclesiastes 2:23
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
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“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.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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 · Public Domain“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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“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.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Ecclesiastes 2:23 — 16 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 47:9“My travels have lasted 130 years,” Jacob replied. “My years have been few and hard, and they have not matched the years of the travels of my fathers.”
- Esther 6:1That night sleep escaped the king; so he ordered the Book of Records, the Chronicles, to be brought in and read to him.
- Job 5:7Yet man is born to trouble as surely as sparks fly upward.
- Job 7:13When I think my bed will comfort me and my couch will ease my complaint,
- Job 14:1“Man, who is born of woman, is short of days and full of trouble.
- Psalms 6:6I am weary from groaning; all night I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears.
- Psalms 32:4For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was drained as in the summer heat. Selah
- Psalms 77:2In the day of trouble I sought the Lord; through the night my outstretched hands did not grow weary; my soul refused to be comforted.
- Psalms 90:7For we are consumed by Your anger and terrified by Your wrath.
- Psalms 90:15Make us glad for as many days as You have afflicted us, for as many years as we have seen evil.
- Psalms 127:2In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for bread to eat— for He gives sleep to His beloved.
- Ecclesiastes 1:18For with much wisdom comes much sorrow, and as knowledge grows, grief increases.
- Ecclesiastes 5:12The sleep of the worker is sweet, whether he eats little or much, but the abundance of the rich man permits him no sleep.
- Ecclesiastes 8:16When I applied my mind to know wisdom and to observe the task that one performs on the earth—though his eyes do not see sleep in the day or even in the night—
- Daniel 6:18Then the king went to his palace and spent the night fasting. No entertainment was brought before him, and sleep fled from him.
- Acts 14:22strengthening the souls of the disciples and encouraging them to continue in the faith. “We must endure many hardships to enter the kingdom of God,” they said.
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