Ecclesiastes 5:17
All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.
Context
This verse from Ecclesiastes Chapter 5 connects to 10 cross-references. Practical wisdom about religious devotion: guard your steps when entering the house of God, let your words be few, and do not delay fulfilling vows. Qohelet observes that wealth hoarded or lost in bad ventures does not satisfy, and that …
Other Translations
All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he is sore vexed, and hath sickness and wrath.
Also all his days in darkness he consumeth, and sadness, and wrath, and sickness abound.
All his days are in the dark, and he has much sorrow, pain, disease, and trouble.
Cross References
And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the …
And she said, As the Lord thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in …
And Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber that was in Samaria, and was sick: and he …
And they said unto him, There came a man up to meet us, and said unto us, Go, turn again …
The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed for ever. And he went out from …
Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in a prison house; for he was in a rage …
And Asa in the thirty and ninth year of his reign was diseased in his feet, until his disease was …
For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men, and the Lord delivered a very great …
And when they were departed from him, (for they left him in great diseases,) his own servants conspired against him …
And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure.