Verse Comparison: Ecclesiastes 2:23
American Standard Version
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.
Amplified® Bible
For all his days are but pain {and} sorrow, and his work is a vexation {and} grief; his mind takes no rest even at night. This is also vanity (emptiness, falsity, and futility)!
Contemporary English Version
Our bodies ache during the day, and work is torture. Then at night our thoughts are troubled. It just doesn't make sense.
Darby English Version
For all his days are sorrows, and his travail vexation: even in the night his heart taketh no rest. This also is vanity.
Good News Bible
As long as you live, everything you do brings nothing but worry and heartache. Even at night your mind can't rest. It is all useless.
King James Version
For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.
New American Standard Bible
Because all his days his task is painful and grievous; even at night his mind does not rest. This too is vanity.
New International Version
All his days his work is pain and grief; even at night his mind does not rest. This too is meaningless.
New King James Version
For all his days are sorrowful, and his work burdensome; even in the night his heart takes no rest. This also is vanity.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Because all his days his task seems painful and grievous; even at night his mind does not rest. This too seems vanity.
Revised Standard Version
For all his days are full of pain, and his work is a vexation; even in the night his mind does not rest. This also is vanity.
Young's Literal Translation
For all his days are sorrows, and his travail sadness; even at night his heart hath not lain down; this also `is' vanity.
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