Ecclesiastes 5:16

This also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go. And what profit does he have who labors for the wind?

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This also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go. And what profit does he have who labours for the wind?

BSB

This too is a grievous affliction: Exactly as a man is born, so he will depart. What does he gain as he toils for the wind?

KJV

And this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind?

ASV

And this also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that he laboreth for the wind?

BBE

And this again is a great evil, that in all points as he came so will he go; and what profit has he in working for the wind?

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.