Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Ecclesiastes 2:23 Cross-References
Explore 15 cross-references for Ecclesiastes 2:23 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Ecclesiastes chapter 2 verse 23 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.”
Ecclesiastes 2:23 (KJV)
Commentary on Ecclesiastes 2:23
For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief (כָּל־יָמָיו מַכְאֹבִים וָכַעַס עִנְיָנוֹ, kol-yamav mach'ovim vacha'as inyanо)—the Hebrew 'mach'ovim' (מַכְאֹבִים) means pain or sorrows, while 'ka'as' (כַעַס) indicates vexation or grief. Labor pursued as ultimate meaning produces not satisfaction but chronic suffering. The verse continues with a striking observation: his heart taketh not rest in the night (גַּם־בַּלַּיְלָה לֹא־שָׁכַב לִבּוֹ, gam-balailah lo-shachav libo). Even sleep provides no respite—the anxious heart continues churning.This describes modern workaholism with prophetic pr...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Ecclesiastes 2:23
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“as the sparks fly upward.”
“I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.”
“to stay up late”
“'My bed shall comfort me. My couch shall ease my complaint;'”
“For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.”
“the king couldn't sleep. He commanded the book of records of the chronicles to be brought”
“and passed the night fasting; neither were instruments of music brought before him: and his sleep fled from him.”
“exhorting them to continue in the faith”
“For we are consumed by thine anger”