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


In Context

20 Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labor which I took under the sun.

21 For there is a man whose labor is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not labored in it, shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.

22 For what hath man of all his labor, and of the vexation of his heart, in which he hath labored under the sun?

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

24 There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labor. This also I saw, that it was from the hand of God.

25 For who can eat, or who else can hasten to it more than I?

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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:23All his days his work is pain and grief; even at night his mind does not rest. This too is meaningless.

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 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.