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.


In Context

20 Therefore I began to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor in which I had labored under the sun.

21 For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, with knowledge, and with skillfulness; yet he shall leave it for his portion to a man who has not labored for it. This also is vanity and a great evil.

22 For what has a man of all his labor, and of the striving of his heart, in which he labors under the sun?

23 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.

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

25 For who can eat, or who can have enjoyment, 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 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 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.