23All his days his work is pain and grief; even at night his mind does not rest. This too is meaningless.


In Context

20 So my heart began to despair over all my toilsome labor under the sun.

21 For a man may do his work with wisdom, knowledge and skill, and then he must leave all he owns to someone who has not worked for it. This too is meaningless and a great misfortune.

22 What does a man get for all the toil and anxious striving with which he labors under the sun?

23 All his days his work is pain and grief; even at night his mind does not rest. This too is meaningless.

24 A man can do nothing better than to eat and drink and find satisfaction in his work. This too, I see, is from the hand of God,

25 for without him, who can eat or find enjoyment?

Ecclesiastes 2:23 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:23For all his days [are] sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:23All his days axe full of sorrows and miseries, even in the night he doth not rest in mind: and is not this vanity?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:23For 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:23For all his days are sorrows, and his travail vexation: even in the night his heart taketh no rest. This also is vanity.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:23For 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:23For all his days are sorrows, and his labor grief; yes, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:23For all his days are sorrows, and his travail is grief; yes, even in the night his heart takes no rest. This also is vanity.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:23For all his days are sorrows, and his travail sadness; even at night his heart hath not lain down; this also is vanity.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:23For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yes, his heart takes not rest in the night. This is also vanity.