Verse 2
It is vain{H7723} for you to rise up{H6965} early,{H7925} To take rest{H3427} late,{H309} To eat{H398} the bread{H3899} of toil;{H6089} [For] so he giveth{H5414} unto his beloved{H3039} sleep.{H8142}
Referenced Verses
- Ps 4:8 : 8 In peace{H7965} will I both{H3162} lay me down{H7901} and sleep;{H3462} For thou, Jehovah,{H3068} alone{H910} makest me dwell{H3427} in safety.{H983}
- Eccl 5:12 : 12 The sleep{H8142} of a laboring man{H5647} is sweet,{H4966} whether he eat{H398} little{H4592} or much;{H7235} but the fulness{H7647} of the rich{H6223} will not suffer{H3240} him to sleep.{H3462}
- Ps 39:5-6 : 5 Behold, thou hast made{H5414} my days{H3117} [as] handbreadths;{H2947} And my life-time{H2465} is as nothing before thee: Surely every{H3605} man{H120} at his best estate{H5324} is altogether{H3605} vanity.{H1892} {H5542} 6 [Surely every man]{H376} [walketh]{H1980} [in a vain show;]{H6754} [Surely they are disquieted]{H1993} [in vain:]{H1892} [He heapeth up]{H6651} [riches], and knoweth{H3045} not who shall gather{H622} them.
- Ps 60:5 : 5 That thy beloved{H3039} may be delivered,{H2502} Save{H3467} with thy right hand,{H3225} and answer{H6030} us.
- Prov 31:15-18 : 15 She riseth{H6965} also while it is yet night,{H3915} And giveth{H5414} food{H2964} to her household,{H1004} And their task{H2706} to her maidens.{H5291} 16 She considereth{H2161} a field,{H7704} and buyeth{H3947} it; With the fruit{H6529} of her hands{H3709} she planteth{H5193} a vineyard.{H3754} 17 She girdeth{H2296} her loins{H4975} with strength,{H5797} And maketh strong{H5797} her arms.{H2220} 18 She perceiveth{H2938} that her merchandise{H5504} is profitable:{H2896} Her lamp{H5216} goeth not out{H3518} by night.{H3915}
- Eccl 1:14 : 14 I have seen{H7200} all the works{H4639} that are done{H6213} under the sun;{H8121} and, behold, all is vanity{H1892} and a striving{H7469} after wind.{H7307}
- Eccl 2:1-9 : 1 I said{H559} in my heart,{H3820} Come now,{H3212} I will prove{H5254} thee with mirth;{H8057} therefore enjoy{H7200} pleasure:{H2896} and, behold, this also was vanity.{H1892} 2 I said{H559} of laughter,{H7814} It is mad;{H1984} and of mirth,{H8057} What{H2090} doeth{H6213} it? 3 I searched{H8446} in my heart{H3820} how to cheer{H4900} my{H1320} flesh with wine,{H3196} my heart{H3820} yet guiding{H5090} [me] with wisdom,{H2451} and how to lay hold{H270} on folly,{H5531} till I might see{H7200} what it was good{H2896} for the sons{H1121} of men{H120} that they should do{H6213} under heaven{H8064} all{H4557} the days{H3117} of their life.{H2416} 4 I made me great{H1431} works;{H4639} I builded{H1129} me houses;{H1004} I planted{H5193} me vineyards;{H3754} 5 I made{H6213} me gardens{H1593} and parks,{H6508} and I planted{H5193} trees{H6086} in them of all kinds of fruit;{H6529} 6 I made{H6213} me pools{H1295} of water,{H4325} to water{H8248} therefrom the forest{H3293} where trees{H3293} were reared;{H6779} 7 I bought{H7069} men-servants{H5650} and maid-servants,{H8198} and had servants born{H1121} in my house;{H1004} also I had great{H7235} possessions{H4735} of herds{H6629} and flocks, above{H1241} all that were before{H6440} me in Jerusalem;{H3389} 8 I gathered{H3664} me also silver{H3701} and gold,{H2091} and the treasure{H5459} of kings{H4428} and of the provinces;{H4082} I gat{H6213} me men-singers{H7891} and women-singers,{H7891} and the delights{H8588} of the sons{H1121} of men,{H120} musical instruments,{H7705} and that of all sorts. 9 So I was great,{H1431} and increased{H3254} more than all that were before{H6440} me in Jerusalem:{H3389} also my wisdom{H2451} remained{H5975} with me. 10 And whatsoever mine eyes{H5869} desired{H7592} I kept{H680} not from them; I withheld{H4513} not my heart{H3820} from any joy;{H8057} for my heart{H3820} rejoiced{H8056} because of all my labor;{H5999} and this was my portion{H2506} from all my labor.{H5999} 11 Then I looked{H6437} on all the works{H4639} that my hands{H3027} had wrought,{H6213} and on the labor{H5999} that I had labored{H5999} to do;{H6213} and, behold, all was vanity{H1892} and a striving{H7469} after wind,{H7307} and there was no profit{H3504} under the sun.{H8121}
- Eccl 2:20-23 : 20 Therefore I turned about{H5437} to cause{H2976} my heart{H3820} to despair{H2976} concerning all the labor{H5999} wherein I had labored{H5999} under the sun.{H8121} 21 For there is{H3426} a man{H120} whose labor{H5999} is with wisdom,{H2451} and with knowledge,{H1847} and with skilfulness;{H3788} yet to a man{H120} that hath not labored{H5998} therein shall he leave{H5414} it for his portion.{H2506} This also is vanity{H1892} and a great{H7227} evil.{H7451} 22 For what hath{H1933} a man{H120} of all his labor,{H5999} and of the striving{H7475} of his heart,{H3820} wherein{H1931} he laboreth{H6001} under the sun?{H8121} 23 For all his days{H3117} are [but] sorrows,{H4341} and his travail{H6045} is grief;{H3708} yea, even in the night{H3915} his heart{H3820} taketh no rest.{H7901} This also is vanity.{H1892}
- Eccl 4:8 : 8 There is{H3426} one{H259} that is alone, and he hath not a second;{H8145} yea, he hath neither son{H1121} nor brother;{H251} yet is there no end{H7093} of all his labor,{H5999} neither are his eyes{H5869} satisfied{H7646} with riches.{H6239} For whom then, [saith he], do I labor,{H6001} and deprive{H2637} my soul{H5315} of good?{H2896} This also is vanity,{H1892} yea, it is a sore{H7451} travail.{H6045}
- Eccl 6:7 : 7 All the labor{H5999} of man{H120} is for his mouth,{H6310} and yet the appetite{H5315} is not filled.{H4390}
- Jer 31:26 : 26 Upon this I awaked,{H6974} and beheld;{H7200} and my sleep{H8142} was sweet{H6149} unto me.
- Ezek 34:25 : 25 And I will make{H3772} with them a covenant{H1285} of peace,{H7965} and will cause evil{H7451} beasts{H2416} to cease{H7673} out of the land;{H776} and they shall dwell{H3427} securely{H983} in the wilderness,{H4057} and sleep{H3462} in the woods.{H3293}
- Gen 3:17-19 : 17 And unto Adam{H121} he said,{H559} Because thou hast hearkened{H8085} unto the voice{H6963} of thy wife,{H802} and hast eaten{H398} of the tree,{H6086} of which{H834} I commanded thee,{H6680} saying,{H559} Thou shalt not eat{H398} of it: cursed{H779} is the ground{H127} for thy sake; in toil{H6093} shalt thou eat{H398} of it all{H3605} the days{H3117} of thy life;{H2416} 18 thorns also{H6975} and thistles{H1863} shall it bring forth{H6779} to thee; and thou shalt eat{H398} the herb{H6212} of the field;{H7704} 19 in the sweat{H2188} of thy face{H639} shalt thou eat{H398} bread,{H3899} till{H5704} thou return{H7725} unto the ground;{H127} for out of it wast thou taken:{H3947} for dust{H6083} thou{H859} art, and unto dust{H6083} shalt thou return.{H7725}
- Job 11:18 : 18 And thou shalt be secure,{H982} because there is{H3426} hope;{H8615} Yea, thou shalt search{H2658} [about thee], and shalt take thy rest{H7901} in safety.{H983}
- Ps 3:5 : 5 I laid me down{H7901} and slept;{H3462} I awaked;{H6974} For Jehovah{H3068} sustaineth{H5564} me.
- Acts 12:5-6 : 5 Peter{G4074} therefore{G3767} {G3303} was kept{G5083} in{G1722} the prison:{G5438} but{G1161} prayer{G4335} was{G2258} made{G1096} earnestly{G1618} of{G5259} the church{G1577} unto{G4314} God{G2316} for{G5228} him.{G846} 6 And{G1161} when{G3753} Herod{G2264} was about{G3195} to bring{G4254} him{G846} forth,{G4254} the same{G1565} night{G3571} Peter{G4074} was{G2258} sleeping{G2837} between{G3342} two{G1417} soldiers,{G4757} bound{G1210} with two{G1417} chains:{G254} and{G5037} guards{G5441} before{G4253} the door{G2374} kept{G5083} the prison.{G5438}