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Ecclesiastes 5:17

Moreover, all his days he eats in darkness, with much sorrow, sickness, and anger.

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ASV

All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he is sore vexed, and hath sickness and wrath.

KJV

All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.

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9 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
גַּ֥םgamalsoH1571 →
כָּל־kol-allH3605 →
יָמָ֖יוya.Mavdays hisH3117 →
בַּחֹ֣שֶׁךְba.Cho.shekhin <the> darknessH2822 →
יֹאכֵ֑לyo.Khelhe eatsH398 →
וְכָעַ֥סve.kha.'Asand he is vexedH3707 →
הַרְבֵּ֖הhar.BehgreatlyH7235 →
וְחָלְי֥וֹve.chal.Yoand sickness hisH2483 →
וָקָֽצֶף׃va.Ka.tzefand angerH7110 →

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Psalms 127:2In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for bread to eat— for He gives sleep to His beloved.Ecclesiastes 2:22For what does a man get for all the toil and striving with which he labors under the sun?Psalms 13:2How long must I wrestle in my soul, with sorrow in my heart each day? How long will my enemy dominate me?2 Chronicles 24:24–25Although the Aramean army had come with only a few men, the LORD delivered into their hand a very great army. Because Judah had forsaken the LORD, the God of their fathers, judgment was executed on Joash.2 Kings 5:27Therefore, the leprosy of Naaman will cling to you and your descendants forever!” And as Gehazi left his presence, he was leprous—as white as snow.2 Kings 1:2Now Ahaziah had fallen through the lattice of his upper room in Samaria and injured himself. So he sent messengers and instructed them: “Go inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I will recover from this injury.”1 Corinthians 11:30–32That is why many among you are weak and sick, and a number of you have fallen asleep.1 Kings 17:12But she replied, “As surely as the LORD your God lives, I have no bread—only a handful of flour in a jar and a little oil in a jug. Look, I am gathering a couple of sticks to take home and prepare a meal for myself and my son, so that we may eat it and die.”Ezekiel 4:16–17Then He told me, “Son of man, I am going to cut off the supply of food in Jerusalem. They will anxiously eat bread rationed by weight, and in despair they will drink water by measure.Psalms 90:7–11For we are consumed by Your anger and terrified by Your wrath.Psalms 102:9For I have eaten ashes like bread and mixed my drink with tears2 Kings 1:6They replied, “A man came up to meet us and said, ‘Go back to the king who sent you and tell him that this is what the LORD says: Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are sending these men to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you will not get up from the bed on which you are lying. You will surely die.’”Acts 12:23Immediately, because Herod did not give glory to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.Psalms 78:33So He ended their days in futility, and their years in sudden terror.Proverbs 1:27–29when your dread comes like a storm, and your destruction like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish overwhelm you.2 Chronicles 16:10–12Asa was angry with the seer and became so enraged over this matter that he put the man in prison. And at the same time Asa oppressed some of the people.Job 21:25Yet another man dies in the bitterness of his soul, having never tasted prosperity.Genesis 3:17And to Adam He said: “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat, cursed is the ground because of you; through toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.

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King Solomon in Old Age — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
King Solomon in Old Age — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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