Ecc 5:17 | JFB | STEP | 17. eateth-- appropriately put for "liveth" in general, as connected with , 12, 18. darkness-- opposed to "light (joy) of countenance" ( ; ). wrath-- fretfulness, literally, "His sorrow is much, and his infirmity (of body) and wrath."

‏ Ecclesiastes 5:17

17. eateth--appropriately put for "liveth" in general, as connected with Ec 5:11, 12, 18.

darkness--opposed to "light (joy) of countenance" (Ec 8:1; Pr 16:15).

wrath--fretfulness, literally, "His sorrow is much, and his infirmity (of body) and wrath."