"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

Ecclesiastes 2:23 · 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

Verse 22

For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?

Verse 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. {should make...: or, delight his senses}

Ecclesiastes 2 — Context

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. {leave: Heb. give}

For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?

For all his days {are} sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.

For who can eat, or who else can hasten {hereunto}, more than I?

Cross References

Job 14:1

Man {that is} born of a woman {is} of few days, and full of trouble. {few...: Heb. short of days}

Job 5:7

Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward. {trouble: or, labour} {sparks...: Heb. the sons of the burning coal lift up to fly}

Psalms 6:6-7

I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears. {all...: or, every night}

Psalms 127:2

{It is} vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: {for} so he giveth his beloved sleep.

Job 7:13-14

When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;

Ecclesiastes 1:18

For in much wisdom {is} much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.

Psalms 32:4

For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.

Psalms 90:7-10

For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled.