Catholic Public Domain Version
"All his days have been filled with sorrows and hardships; neither does he rest his mind, even in the night. And is this not emptiness? "
— Ecclesiastes 2:23, Catholic Public Domain Version
“For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.”
“For all his days are but sorrows, and his travail is grief; yea, even in the night his heart taketh no rest. This also is vanity. ”
“For all his days are sorrows, and his travail is grief; yes, even in the night his heart takes no rest. This also is vanity.”
“For all day long his work produces pain and frustration, and even at night his mind cannot relax! This also is futile!”
“All his days are full of sorrows and miseries, even in the night he doth not rest in mind: and is not this vanity?”
“All his days are sorrow, and his work is full of grief. Even in the night his heart has no rest. This again is to no purpose.”
“For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.”
Therefore, I ceased, and my heart renounced further laboring under the sun.
For when someone labors in wisdom, and doctrine, and prudence, he leaves behind what he has obtained to one who is idle. So this, too, is emptiness and a great burden.
For how can a man benefit from all his labor and affliction of spirit, by which he has been tormented under the sun?
All his days have been filled with sorrows and hardships; neither does he rest his mind, even in the night. And is this not emptiness?
Is it not better to eat and drink, and to show his soul the good things of his labors? And this is from the hand of God.
So who will feast and overflow with delights as much as I have?
God has given, to the man who is good in his sight, wisdom, and knowledge, and rejoicing. But to the sinner, he has given affliction and needless worrying, so as to add, and to gather, and to deliver, to him who has pleased God. But this, too, is emptiness and a hollow worrying of the mind.