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Ecclesiastes 5

Eccl. 5:17 KJV (With Strong’s)

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All his days
yowm (Hebrew #3117)
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
KJV usage: age, + always, + chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), + elder, X end, + evening, + (for) ever(-lasting, -more), X full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, + old, + outlived, + perpetually, presently, + remaineth, X required, season, X since, space, then, (process of) time, + as at other times, + in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), X whole (+ age), (full) year(-ly), + younger.
Pronounce: yome
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be hot
also he eateth
'akal (Hebrew #398)
to eat (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: X at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, X freely, X in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, X quite.
Pronounce: aw-kal'
Origin: a primitive root
in darkness
choshek (Hebrew #2822)
the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness
KJV usage: dark(-ness), night, obscurity.
Pronounce: kho-shek'
Origin: from 2821
, and he hath much
rabah (Hebrew #7235)
to increase (in whatever respect)
KJV usage: (bring in) abundance (X -antly), + archer (by mistake for 7232), be in authority, bring up, X continue, enlarge, excel, exceeding(-ly), be full of, (be, make) great(-er, -ly, X -ness), grow up, heap, increase, be long, (be, give, have, make, use) many (a time), (any, be, give, give the, have) more (in number), (ask, be, be so, gather, over, take, yield) much (greater, more), (make to) multiply, nourish, plenty(-eous), X process (of time), sore, store, thoroughly, very.
Pronounce: raw-baw'
Origin: a primitive root
sorrow
ka`ac (Hebrew #3707)
to trouble; by implication, to grieve, rage, be indignant
KJV usage: be angry, be grieved, take indignation, provoke (to anger, unto wrath), have sorrow, vex, be wroth.
Pronounce: kaw-as'
Origin: a primitive root
and wrath
qetseph (Hebrew #7110)
a splinter (as chipped off); figuratively, rage or strife
KJV usage: foam, indignation, X sore, wrath.
Pronounce: keh'-tsef
Origin: from 7107
y with his sickness
choliy (Hebrew #2483)
malady, anxiety, calamity
KJV usage: disease, grief, (is) sick(-ness).
Pronounce: khol-ee'
Origin: from 2470
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Prov. 1:27‑29• 27When your fear cometh as sudden destruction,{HR}And your calamity cometh as a whirlwind;{HR}When distress and anguish come upon you.
 28Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer;{HR}They will seek me diligently but shall not find me.
 29Because they hated knowledge{HR}And chose not the fear of Jehovah; (Prov. 1:27‑29)

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Cross References

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he eateth.
Gen. 3:17• 17And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto thy wife's voice, and hast eaten of the tree [of] which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it, cursed [be] the ground for thy sake: in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all thy life's days; (Gen. 3:17)
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1 Kings 17:12• 12And she said, As Jehovah thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but a handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse; and behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die. (1 Kings 17:12)
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Job 21:25• 25And this [man] dieth with a bitter soul,{HR}And hath not eaten of the good. (Job 21:25)
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Psa. 78:33• 33He consumed their days in vanity,{HR}And their years in terror. (Psa. 78:33)
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Psa. 102:9• 9For I have eaten ashes like bread,{HR}And mingled my drink with weeping, (Psa. 102:9)
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Psa. 127:2• 2[It is] in vain for you rising up early,{HR}Sitting up late,{HR}Eating bread of [the] sorrows:{HR}So he giveth unto his beloved sleep. (Psa. 127:2)
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Ezek. 4:16‑17• 16Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with care; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment;
 17that they may want bread and water, and be astonied one with another, and consume away for their iniquity. (Ezek. 4:16‑17)
much.
2 Kings 1:2,6• 2And Ahaziah fell down through the lattice in his upper chamber which was in Samaria, and was sick; and he sent messengers and said to them, Go, inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron, whether I shall recover from this disease.
 6And they said unto him, A man came up to meet us, and said to us, Go, return to the king that sent you and say to him, Thus saith Jehovah: Is it because there is not a God in Israel, that thou sendest to inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron? therefore thou shalt not come down from the bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt certainly die. (2 Kings 1:2,6)
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2 Kings 5:27• 27But the leprosy of Naaman shall fasten upon thee, and upon thy seed forever. And he went out from his presence leprous, as snow. (2 Kings 5:27)
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2 Chron. 16:10‑12• 10And Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in the prison; for he was enraged with him because of this. And Asa oppressed some of the people at the same time.
 11And behold the acts of Asa, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.
 12And Asa in the thirty-ninth year of his reign was diseased in his feet, until his disease was extremely great; yet in his disease he did not seek Jehovah, but the physicians. (2 Chron. 16:10‑12)
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2 Chron. 24:24‑25• 24For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men. And Jehovah delivered a very great host into their hand, because they had forsaken Jehovah the God of their fathers. So they executed judgment against Joash.
 25And when they had departed from him (for they left him in great diseases), his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and slew him on his bed, and he died: and they buried him in the city of David but they buried him not in the sepulchres of the kings. (2 Chron. 24:24‑25)
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Psa. 90:7‑11• 7For we decay in thine anger,{HR}And in thy wrath are we confounded.
 8Thou hast set our iniquities before thee,{HR}Our secret [sins] in the light of thy face.
 9For all our days are turned away in thy wrath:{HR}We spend our years as a thought.
 10The days of our years! in them [are] seventy years,{HR}And if by strength eighty years,{HR}Even their pride [is] trouble and mischief;{HR}For it is soon gone, and we fly away.
 11Who knoweth the power of thine anger,{HR}And, as thy fear, thy wrath? (Psa. 90:7‑11)
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Prov. 1:27‑29• 27When your fear cometh as sudden destruction,{HR}And your calamity cometh as a whirlwind;{HR}When distress and anguish come upon you.
 28Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer;{HR}They will seek me diligently but shall not find me.
 29Because they hated knowledge{HR}And chose not the fear of Jehovah; (Prov. 1:27‑29)
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Acts 12:23• 23And immediately an angel of [the] Lord smote him, because he gave not the glory to God; and becoming worm-eaten he expired. (Acts 12:23)
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1 Cor. 11:30‑32• 30For this cause many [are] weak and sickly among you, and rather many are falling asleep.
 31But if we were discerning ourselves, we should not be judged;
 32but when judged, we are chastened by the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world. (1 Cor. 11:30‑32)

J. N. Darby Translation

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All his days also he eateth in darkness, and hath much vexation, and sicknessa, and irritation.

JND Translation Notes

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Lit. "his sickness."

W. Kelly Translation

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All his days also he eateth in darkness,{HR}And he is sore vexed and hath sickness and irritation.