17All his days also he eateth in darkness, and hath much vexation, and sickness, and irritation.


In Context

14 or those riches perish by some evil circumstance, and if he have begotten a son, there is nothing in his hand.

15 As he came forth from his mother's womb, naked shall he go away again as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may carry away in his hand.

16 And this also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came so doth he go away, and what profit hath he, in having laboured for the wind?

17 All his days also he eateth in darkness, and hath much vexation, and sickness, and irritation.

18 Behold what I have seen good and comely: it is to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labour wherewith man laboureth under the sun, all the days of his life which God hath given him: for that is his portion.

19 Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and power to eat thereof, and to take his portion and to rejoice in his labour: that is a gift of God.

Ecclesiastes 5:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:17All his days also he eateth in darkness, and [he hath] much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

5:17All his days he eats in darkness, with great frustration, affliction and anger.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:17All the days of his life he eateth in darkness, and in many cares, and in misery, and sorrow.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:17All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he is sore vexed, and hath sickness and wrath.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:17All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he is sore vexed and hath sickness and wrath.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:17All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:17All his days he also eats in darkness, he is frustrated, and has sickness and wrath.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:17Also all his days in darkness he consumeth, and sadness, and wrath, and sickness abound.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:17All his days also he eats in darkness, and he has much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.