Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Ecclesiastes 5:17
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Moreover, all his days he eats in darkness, with much sorrow, sickness, and anger.
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All his days also he eateth in darkness, and [he hath] much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.
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All his days he also eats in darkness, he is frustrated, and has sickness and wrath.
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All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he is sore vexed, and hath sickness and wrath.
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Ecclesiastes 5
15 As a man came from his mother’s womb, so he will depart again, naked as he arrived. He takes nothing for his labor to carry in his hands.
16 This too is a grievous affliction: Exactly as a man is born, so he will depart. What does he gain as he toils for the wind?
17 Moreover, all his days he eats in darkness, with much sorrow, sickness, and anger.
18 Here is what I have seen to be good and fitting: to eat and drink, and to find satisfaction in all the labor one does under the sun during the few days of life that God has given him—for this is his lot.
19 Furthermore, God has given riches and wealth to every man, and He has enabled him to enjoy them, to accept his lot, and to rejoice in his labor. This is a gift from God.
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