Ecclesiastes 5:17
Also all his days in darkness he consumeth, and sadness, and wrath, and sickness abound.This verse in the real world
In what words
- קֶצֶףqetsepha splinter (as chipped off); figuratively, rage or strife
- כַּעַסkaʻaçto trouble; by implication, to grieve, rage, be indignant
- חֹשֶׁךְchôshekthe dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance,
- רָבָהrâbâhto increase (in whatever respect)
- אָכַלʼâkalto eat (literally or figuratively)
- יוֹםyôwma day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Psa 127:2, 1Co 11:30–32, 2Ki 1:6, 2Ki 5:27, Job 21:25, Psa 90:7–11, 2Ch 24:24–25, 2Ki 1:2