All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
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4 additional translationsASV
All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he is sore vexed, and hath sickness and wrath.
WEB
Moreover, all his days he eats in darkness, with much sorrow, sickness, and anger.
YLT
Also all his days in darkness he consumeth, and sadness, and wrath, and sickness abound.
DBT
All his days also he eateth in darkness, and hath much vexation, and sickness, and irritation.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentEcclesiastes — Qohelet the Preacher — ''vanity of vanities, all is vanity.'' The book's relentless examination of life under the sun, resolving not in despair but in ''fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.''
- Author
- Traditional: Solomon (''son of David, king in Jerusalem''). Critical: a later Qohelet figure writing in Solomonic persona. §7.9 surfaces; Pastor Marc's drawer carries the position.
- Date
- Solomonic reading: c. 940 BC. Critical reading: Persian or early Hellenistic period (5th–3rd century BC).