Ecclesiastes 5:17

Ecclesiastes 5:17 in 6 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

17All their days they eat in darkness,

with great frustration, affliction and anger.

17All his life he also eats in darkness with great irritation, sickness, and anger.

17Throughout his life he also eats in darkness with great vexation, sickness and anger.

17All of his life he also eats in darkness [cheerlessly, without sweetness and light], with great frustration, sickness, and anger.

17Moreover, all his days he eats in darkness, with much sorrow, sickness, and anger.

17All their lives they eat in darkness.

Their lives are full of trouble, suffering and anger.