Ecclesiastes 5:17 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.”
Ecclesiastes 5:17 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Ecclesiastes 5:17 in 6 Bible Translations
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Ecclesiastes 5:17 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“All his days he also eats in darkness, he is frustrated, and has sickness and wrath.”
Ecclesiastes 5:17 — World English Bible
Ecclesiastes 5:17 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he is sore vexed, and hath sickness and wrath.”
Ecclesiastes 5:17 — American Standard Version
Ecclesiastes 5:17 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“Also all his days in darkness he consumeth, and sadness, and wrath, and sickness abound.”
Ecclesiastes 5:17 — Young's Literal Translation
Ecclesiastes 5:17 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“All his days also he eateth in darkness, and hath much vexation, and sickness, and irritation.”
Ecclesiastes 5:17 — Darby Translation
Ecclesiastes 5:17 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Beholde then, what I haue seene good, that it is comely to eate, and to drinke, and to take pleasure in all his labour, wherein he traueileth vnder the sunne, the whole nomber of the dayes of his life, which God giueth him: for this is his portion.”
Ecclesiastes 5:17 — Geneva Bible
Ecclesiastes 5:17 in Context — Ecclesiastes 5
15 Como salió del vientre de su madre, desnudo, así se vuelve, tornando como vino; y nada tuvo de su trabajo para llevar en su mano.
16 Este también es un gran mal, que como vino, así haya de volver. ¿Y de qué le aprovechó trabajar al viento?
17 Demás de esto, todos los días de su vida comerá en tinieblas, con mucho enojo y dolor y miseria.
18 He aquí pues el bien que yo he visto: Que lo bueno es comer y beber, y gozar uno del bien de todo su trabajo con que se fatiga debajo del sol, todos los días de su vida que Dios le ha dado; porque esta es su parte.
19 Asimismo, á todo hombre á quien Dios dió riquezas y hacienda, y le dió también facultad para que coma de ellas, y tome su parte, y goce su trabajo; esto es don de Dios.
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What Does Ecclesiastes 5:17 Mean?
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