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


In Context

14 or wealth lost through some misfortune, so that when he has a son there is nothing left for him.

15 Naked a man comes from his mother's womb, and as he comes, so he departs. He takes nothing from his labor that he can carry in his hand.

16 This too is a grievous evil: As a man comes, so he departs, and what does he gain, since he toils for the wind?

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

18 Then I realized that it is good and proper for a man to eat and drink, and to find satisfaction in his toilsome labor under the sun during the few days of life God has given him-for this is his lot.

19 Moreover, when God gives any man wealth and possessions, and enables him to enjoy them, to accept his lot and be happy in his work-this 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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:17All his days also he eateth in darkness, and hath much vexation, and sickness, and irritation.

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.