Ecclesiastes 5:17
Ecclesiastes 5:13-17 The Message (MSG)
Here’s a piece of bad luck I’ve seen happen: A man hoards far more wealth than is good for him And then loses it all in a bad business deal. He fathered a child but hasn’t a cent left to give him. He arrived naked from the womb of his mother; He’ll leave in the same condition—with nothing. This is bad luck, for sure—naked he came, naked he went. So what was the point of working for a salary of smoke? All for a miserable life spent in the dark?
Ecclesiastes 5:17 King James Version (KJV)
All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.
Ecclesiastes 5:17 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
Throughout his life he also eats in darkness with great vexation, sickness and anger.
Ecclesiastes 5:17 New Century Version (NCV)
All they get are days full of sadness and sorrow, and they end up sick, defeated, and angry.
Ecclesiastes 5:17 American Standard Version (ASV)
All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he is sore vexed, and hath sickness and wrath.
Ecclesiastes 5:17 New International Version (Anglicised) (NIVUK)
All their days they eat in darkness, with great frustration, affliction and anger.
Ecclesiastes 5:17 New King James Version (NKJV)
All his days he also eats in darkness, And he has much sorrow and sickness and anger.
Ecclesiastes 5:17 Amplified Bible (AMP)
All of his life he also eats in darkness [cheerlessly, without sweetness and light], with great frustration, sickness, and anger.