Ecclesiastes 5:16
World English Bible (WEB)
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?
In context
14 Those riches perish by misfortune, and if he has fathered a son, there is nothing in his hand.
15 As he came out of his mother’s womb, naked shall he go again as he came, and shall take nothing for his labor, which he may carry away in his hand.
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?
17 All his days he also eats in darkness, he is frustrated, and has sickness and wrath.
18 Behold, that which I have seen to be good and proper is for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labor, in which he labors under the sun, all the days of his life which God has given him; for this is his portion.
Ecclesiastes 5:16 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- 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?
- KJV King James Version
- 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?
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- This too is a grievous evil: Exactly as a man is born, so he will depart. What does he gain as he toils for the wind?
- ASV American Standard Version
- 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?
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And this also [is] a painful evil, just as he came, so he goeth, and what advantage [is] to him who laboureth for wind?
- DBY Darby Translation
- And this also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came so doth he go away, and what profit hath he, in having laboured for the wind?
- WBS Webster Bible
- And this also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath labored for the wind?