Ecclesiastes 5:16
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?
KJV
cunctis diebus vitæ suæ comedit in tenebris, et in curis multis, et in ærumna atque tristitia.
Vulgate
καί γε πᾶσαι αἱ ἡμέραι αὐτοῦ ἐν σκότει καὶ ἐν πένθει καὶ θυμῷ πολλῷ καὶ ἀρρωστίᾳ καὶ χόλῳ.
LXX
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?
ASV
גַּ֥ם כָּל יָמָ֖י/ו בַּ/חֹ֣שֶׁךְ יֹאכֵ֑ל וְ/כָעַ֥ס הַרְבֵּ֖ה וְ/חָלְי֥/וֹ וָ/קָֽצֶף
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
גַּם
gm
adverb · 764×
הַרְבֵּ֥ה
hrbh
verb · 233×
וֹ
v
noun · 24×
חֹ֔שֶׁךְ
chshk
noun · 80×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
ם
m
verb · 811×
נִי
ny
verb · 51×
קֶ֣צֶף
qtsp
noun · 29×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Eccl 1:3 — What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?
- Eccl 1:3 — What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?
- Eccl 3:9 — What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?
- Eccl 5:13 — There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.
- John 6:27 — Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.
- Mark 8:36 — For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
- Prov 11:29 — He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.
- Prov 11:29 — He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.