He troubling his house shall inherit wind: and the foolish is servant to the wise of heart
Ecclesiastes 5:16 - Julia E. Smith Translation 1876 And also this an evil making sick, wholly as he came so shall he go: and what to him he shall labor for the wind? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
He troubling his house shall inherit wind: and the foolish is servant to the wise of heart
What the profit to a man in all the labor he will labor under the sun?
And I looked upon all my works my hands made, and upon the labor I labored to do, and behold, all vanity and striving of the spirit, and no profit under the sun.
There is an evil making sick I saw under the sun: riches watched to its owners for their evil.
We conceived, we were pained, thus we brought forth wind; we shall not make the earth salvation, the inhabitants of the habitable globe shall not fall.
The priests said not Where is Jehovah? and they holding the law knew me not: and the shepherds transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and they went After what will not profit
For they shall sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: no stalk to it: the sprout shall not make flour: perhaps it will make, strangers will swallow it down.
For what shall it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and injure his soul
Work not for food perishing, but food remaining to eternal life, which the Son of man will give you: for him God the Father sealed.
That also ye be subjected to such, and to every one cooperating, and to the wearied.
And ye shall not turn aside: for after vanities which will not profit, and they will not deliver, for they are vanities.