Bible verse
Moreover, all his days he eats in darkness, with much sorrow, sickness, and anger.
Ecclesiastes 5:17 · BSB
The verses around it, from Ecclesiastes 5.
13 There is a grievous evil I have seen under the sun: wealth hoarded to the harm of its owner,
14 or wealth lost in a failed venture, so when that man has a son there is nothing to pass on.
15 As a man came from his mother’s womb, so he will depart again, naked as he arrived. He takes nothing for his labor to carry in his hands.
16 This too is a grievous evil: Exactly as a man is born, so he will depart. What does he gain as he toils for the wind?
17 Moreover, all his days he eats in darkness, with much sorrow, sickness, and anger.
18 Here is what I have seen to be good and fitting: to eat and drink, and to find satisfaction in all the labor one does under the sun during the few days of life that God has given him—for this is his lot.
19 Furthermore, God has given riches and wealth to every man, and He has enabled him to enjoy them, to accept his lot, and to rejoice in his labor. This is a gift from God.
20 For a man seldom considers the days of his life, because God keeps him occupied with the joy of his heart.
KJV
All his days also he eateth in darkness, and [he hath] much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.
ASV
All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he is sore vexed, and hath sickness and wrath.
ERV
All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he is sore vexed and hath sickness and wrath.
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