Ecclesiastes 2:23
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Ecclesiastes 2:23 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Ecclesiastes 2:23 is a verse from the book of Ecclesiastes in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Ecclesiastes 2:23 — KJV
“For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.”
— Ecclesiastes 2:23 (KJV)
Ecclesiastes 2:23 in Context — About the Book of Ecclesiastes
Ecclesiastes is the Bible's most unflinching look at life under the sun — wealth, pleasure, work, and wisdom all tested and found fleeting. Its honesty disarms cynics, then lands on bedrock: fear God, keep His commands, and receive each ordinary day as His gift.
Cross-References for Ecclesiastes 2:23
“There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.”
Shares key themes with Ecclesiastes 2:23: travail, yea, also
“And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: the day...: Heb. between the day and between the night”
Shares key themes with Ecclesiastes 2:23: days, yea, night
“And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.”
Shares key themes with Ecclesiastes 2:23: days, yea, also
“And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her.”
Shares key themes with Ecclesiastes 2:23: yea, heart, also
“And I stayed in the mount, according to the first time, forty days and forty nights; and the LORD hearkened unto me at that time also, and the LORD would not destroy thee. first...: or, former days”
Shares key themes with Ecclesiastes 2:23: days, night, also
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