Ecclesiastes 2:23 Cross References - Geneva

²³ For all his dayes are sorowes, and his trauaile griefe: his heart also taketh not rest in the night: which also is vanitie.

⁹ And Iaakob sayd vnto Pharaoh, The whole time of my pilgrimage is an hundreth and thirty yeeres: fewe and euill haue the dayes of my life bene, and I haue not attayned vnto the yeeres of the life of my fathers, in the dayes of their pilgrimages.

¹ The same night the King slept not, and he comanded to bring ye booke of the records, and the chronicles: and they were read before ye King.

⁷ But man is borne vnto trauaile, as the sparkes flie vpwarde.

¹³ When I say, My couch shall relieue me, and my bed shall bring comfort in my meditation, ¹⁴ Then fearest thou me with dreames, and astonishest me with visions.

¹ Man that is borne of woman, is of short continuance, and full of trouble.

⁶ I fainted in my mourning: I cause my bed euery night to swimme, and water my couch with my teares. ⁷ Mine eye is dimmed for despight, and sunke in because of all mine enemies.

⁴ (For thine hand is heauie vpon me, day and night: and my moysture is turned into ye drought of summer. Selah)

² In the day of my trouble I sought ye Lord: my sore ranne and ceased not in the night: my soule refused comfort. ³ I did thinke vpon God, and was troubled: I praied, and my spirit was full of anguish. Selah. ⁴ Thou keepest mine eyes waking: I was astonied and could not speake.

⁷ For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled. ⁸ Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, and our secret sinnes in the light of thy countenance. ⁹ For all our dayes are past in thine anger: we haue spent our yeeres as a thought. ¹⁰ The time of our life is threescore yeeres and ten, and if they be of strength, fourescore yeeres: yet their strength is but labour and sorowe: for it is cut off quickly, and we flee away.

¹⁵ Comfort vs according to the dayes that thou hast afflicted vs, and according to the yeeres that we haue seene euill.

² It is in vaine for you to rise earely, and to lie downe late, and eate the bread of sorow: but he wil surely giue rest to his beloued.

¹⁸ For in the multitude of wisedome is much griefe: and he that increaseth knowledge, increaseth sorowe.

¹² There is an euill sickenes that I haue seene vnder the sunne: to wit, riches reserued to the owners thereof for their euill.

¹⁸ Then the King went vnto his palace, and remained fasting, neither were the instruments of musike brought before him, and his sleepe went from him.

²² Confirming the disciples hearts, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, affirming that we must through many afflictions enter into the kingdome of God.