Ecclesiastes 5:16 - American Standard Version 2015

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?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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Proverbs 11:29

He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind;\par\tab And the foolish shall be servant to the wise of heart.

Ecclesiastes 1:3

What profit hath man of all his labor wherein he laboreth under the sun?

Ecclesiastes 2:11

Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labor that I had labored to do; and, behold, all was vanity and a striving after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.\par

Ecclesiastes 3:9

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

Ecclesiastes 5:13

There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun, {\i 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 Jehovah? 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.\par

Hosea 8:7

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

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 food which perisheth, but for the food which abideth unto eternal life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him the Father, {\i 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 laboreth.

1 Samuel 12:21

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