Ecclesiastes 5:16 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹⁶ 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 laboureth for the wind?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ And this also is a serious and severe evil–that in all points as he came, so shall he go; and what gain has he who labors for the wind? [I Tim. 6:6.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ 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?

Common English Bible

¹⁶ This too is a sickening tragedy: they must pass on just as they arrived. What then do they gain from working so hard for wind?

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ All the days of his life he consumes: in darkness, and with many worries, and in distress as well as sadness.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ All the days of his life he eateth in darkness, and in many cares, and in misery, and sorrow.

Ecclesiastes 5:16 Cross References

Proverbs 11:29

He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: And the foolish shall be servant to the wise of heart.

Ecclesiastes 1:3

What profit hath man of all his labour wherein he laboureth under the sun?

Ecclesiastes 2:11

Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and a striving after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 3:9

What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?

Ecclesiastes 5:13

There is a grievous evil, which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept by the owner thereof to his hurt:

Isaiah 26:18

We have been with child, we have been in pain, we have as it were brought forth wind; we have not wrought any deliverance in the earth; neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen.

Jeremiah 2:8

The priests said not, Where is the LORD? and they that handle the law knew me not: the rulers also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit.

Hosea 8:7

For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: he hath no standing corn; the blade shall yield no meal; if so be it yield, strangers shall swallow it up.

Mark 8:36

For what doth it profit a man, to gain the whole world, and forfeit his life?

John 6:27

Work not for the meat which perisheth, but for the meat which abideth unto eternal life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him the Father, even God, hath sealed.

1 Corinthians 16:16

that ye also be in subjection unto such, and to every one that helpeth in the work and laboureth.

1 Samuel 12:21

and turn ye not aside: for then should ye go after vain things which cannot profit nor deliver, for they are vain.