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 Car tel homme a travaillé avec sagesse et science et avec succès, et il laisse le produit de son travail à un homme qui ne s’en est point occupé. C’est encore là une vanité et un grand mal.
22 Que revient-il, en effet, à l’homme de tout son travail et de la préoccupation de son cœur, objet de ses fatigues sous le soleil?
23 Tous ses jours ne sont que douleur, et son partage n’est que chagrin; même la nuit son cœur ne repose pas. C’est encore là une vanité.
24 Il n’y a de bonheur pour l’homme qu’à manger et à boire, et à faire jouir son âme du bien-être, au milieu de son travail; mais j’ai vu que cela aussi vient de la main de Dieu.
25 Qui, en effet, peut manger et jouir, si ce n’est moi?
What Does Ecclesiastes 2:23 Mean?
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