Ecclesiastes 5:17
Moreover, all his days he eats in darkness, with much sorrow, sickness, and anger.
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Genesis 3:17
And to Adam He said: "Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten of the tree from which I commanded you not to eat, cursed is the ground because of you; through toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.

1 Kings 17:12
But she replied, "As surely as the LORD your God lives, I have no bread--only a handful of flour in a jar and a little oil in a jug. Look, I am gathering a couple of sticks to go in and prepare for myself and my son, so that we may eat it and die."

Job 21:25
Yet another man dies in the bitterness of his soul, having never tasted prosperity.

Psalm 78:33
So He ended their days in futility, and their years in sudden terror.

Psalm 102:9
For I have eaten ashes like bread and mixed my drink with tears,

Psalm 127:2
In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for bread to eat--for He gives sleep to His beloved.

Ezekiel 4:16, 17
Then He told me, "Son of man, I am going to cut off the supply of food in Jerusalem. They will anxiously eat bread rationed by weight, and in despair they will drink water by measure. . . .

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2 Kings 1:2, 6
Now Ahaziah had fallen through the lattice of his upper room in Samaria and injured himself. So he sent messengers and instructed them: "Go inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I will recover from this injury." . . .

2 Kings 5:27
Therefore, the leprosy of Naaman will cling to you and your descendants forever!" And as Gehazi left his presence, he was leprous--as white as snow.

2 Chronicles 16:10-12
Asa was angry with the seer and put him in prison because he was so enraged over this matter. And at the same time Asa oppressed some of the people. . . .

2 Chronicles 24:24, 25
Although the Aramean army had come with only a few men, the LORD delivered into their hand a very great army, because Judah had forsaken the LORD, the God of their fathers. Thus they executed judgment on Joash. . . .

Psalm 90:7-11
For we are consumed by Your anger and terrified by Your wrath. . . .

Proverbs 1:27-29
when your dread comes like a storm, and your destruction like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish overwhelm you. . . .

Acts 12:23
Immediately, because Herod did not give glory to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.

1 Corinthians 11:30-32
That is why many among you are weak and sick, and a number of you have fallen asleep. . . .

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Throughout his life he also eats in darkness with great vexation, sickness and anger.

King James Bible
All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
What is more, he eats in darkness all his days, with much sorrow, sickness, and anger.

International Standard Version
Furthermore, all his days he lives in darkness with great sorrow, anger, and affliction.

NET Bible
Surely, he ate in darkness every day of his life, and he suffered greatly with sickness and anger.
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