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Ecclesiastes 2:23 — King James Version← Study notes

For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.


Ecclesiastes 2:23Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 2:2315 words
HebrewMeaning
כִּ֧יkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
כָלkāl
allnounH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
יָמָ֣י/וyāmāyw
days hisnounH3117
always · chronicals · continually · daily ···
מַכְאֹבִ֗יםmakəʾōbiym
are painsnounH4341
pain · sorrow
וָ/כַ֨עַס֙wākaʿas
and is vexationconjH3708
angry · grief · indignation · provocation ···
עִנְיָנ֔/וֹʿinəyānwō
task hisnounH6045
travail
גַּםgam
alsoparticleH1571
alike · also · as · both ...and ···
בַּ/לַּ֖יְלָהbalayəlāh
in the nightpronH3915
לֹאlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
שָׁכַ֣בšākab
it restsverbH7901
at all · lay · lie (down · down to sleep ···
לִבּ֑/וֹlibwō
heart hisnounH3820
care for · consent · considered · courag ···
גַּםgam
alsoparticleH1571
alike · also · as · both ...and ···
זֶ֖הzeh
thisprepH2088
hence · here · it · now ···
הֶ֥בֶלhebel
is futilitynounH1892
altogether · vanity
הֽוּאhwʾ
itprepH1931
as for her · him · it · the same ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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This is one of those passages that reads differently in every season of life. We bring nothing; He provides everything. Their context of persecution gives these words a weight we often miss. God is f...
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