Ecclesiastes 2:23

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Throughout their life, they have pain, frustrations, and hard work. Even at night, a person’s mind does not rest. This is also senseless.

Cross References

Job 14:1

“We are all human beings. Our life is short and full of trouble.

Job 5:7

But people are born to have trouble, as surely as sparks rise from a fire.

Psalm 127:2

It is a waste of time to get up early and stay up late, trying to make a living. The Lord provides for those he loves, even while they are sleeping.

Acts 14:22

In those cities they helped the followers grow stronger in their faith and encouraged them to continue trusting God. They told them, “We must suffer many things on our way into God’s kingdom.”

Daniel 6:18

Then King Darius went back to his house. He did not eat that night. He did not want anyone to come and entertain him. He could not sleep all night.

Ecclesiastes 5:12

Those who work hard all day come home and sleep in peace. It is not important if they have little or much to eat. But the rich worry about their wealth and are not able to sleep.

Ecclesiastes 1:18

With much wisdom comes frustration. The one who gains more wisdom also gains more sorrow.

Psalm 90:15

For years you have made life hard for us and have given us many troubles. Now make us happy for just as long.

Psalm 32:4

Every day you made life harder for me. I became like a dry land in the hot summertime. Selah

Esther 6:1

That same night, the king could not sleep. So he told a servant to bring the history book and read it to him. (The Book of History of the Kings lists everything that happens during a king’s rule.)

Genesis 47:9

Jacob said to Pharaoh, “I have had a short life with many troubles. I am only 130 years old. My father and his ancestors lived to be much older than I am.”

Genesis 3:17

Then God said to the man, “I commanded you not to eat from that tree. But you listened to your wife and ate from it. So I will curse the ground because of you. You will have to work hard all your life for the food the ground produces.

Ecclesiastes 1:13

I decided to study and to use my wisdom to learn about everything that is done in this life. I learned that it is a very hard thing that God has given us to do.

Ecclesiastes 2:11

But then I looked at everything I had done and the wealth I had gained. I decided it was all a waste of time! It was like trying to catch the wind. There is nothing to gain from anything we do in this life.

Ecclesiastes 5:17

They only get days that are filled with sadness and sorrow. In the end, they are troubled, sick, and angry.

Ecclesiastes 8:16

I carefully studied the things people do in this life. I saw how busy people are. They work day and night, and they almost never sleep.