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


In Context

20 And I turned round to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labour that I laboured at under the sun.

21 For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity, and to a man who hath not laboured therein he giveth it — his portion! Even this is vanity and a great evil.

22 For what hath been to a man by all his labour, and by the thought of his heart that he laboured at under the sun?

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

24 There is nothing good in a man who eateth, and hath drunk, and hath shewn his soul good in his labour. This also I have seen that it is from the hand of God.

25 For who eateth and who hasteth out 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 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 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.