Ecclesiastes 5:15

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

A most deplorable evil: as he came, so shall he return. What then doth it profit him that he hath laboured for the wind?

Cross References

Psalm 49:17

Seeing thou hast hated discipline: and hast cast my words behind thee.

Job 1:21

And said: Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither. The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away. As it hath pleased the Lord so is it done. Blessed be the name of the Lord.

1 Timothy 6:7

For we brought nothing into this world: and certainly we can carry nothing out.

Luke 12:20

But God said to him: Thou fool, this night do they require thy soul of thee: and whose shall those things be which thou hast provided?

Ecclesiastes 5:14

As he came forth naked from his mother's womb, so shall he return, and shall take nothing away with him of his labour.

Job 15:2

Will a wise man answer as if he were speaking in the wind, and fill his stomach with burning heat?

Hosea 12:2

Therefore there is a judgment of the Lord with Juda, and a visitation for Jacob: he will render to him according to his ways, and according to his devices.