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


In Context

14 Those riches perish by misfortune, and if he has fathered a son, there is nothing in his hand.

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

16 This also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go. And what profit does he have who labors for the wind?

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

18 Behold, that which I have seen to be good and proper is for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labor, in which he labors under the sun, all the days of his life which God has given him; for this is his portion.

19 Every man also to whom God has given riches and wealth, and has given him power to eat of it, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labor—this is the 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 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 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.