Ecclesiastes 5:16 - 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.

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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?

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.

English Standard Version 2016

¹⁶ This also is a grievous evil: just as he came, so shall he go, and what gain is there to him who toils for the wind?

Ecclesiastes 5:16 Tagairtí Cros

Proverbs 11:29

Whoever troubles his own house will possess the winds. And whoever is foolish will serve the wise.

Ecclesiastes 1:3

What more does a man have from all his labor, as he labors under the sun?

Ecclesiastes 2:11

But when I turned myself toward all the works that my hands had made, and to the labors in which I had perspired to no purpose, I saw emptiness and affliction of the soul in all things, and that nothing is permanent under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 3:9

What more does a man have from his labor?

Ecclesiastes 5:13

For they are lost in a most grievous affliction. He has produced a son, who will be in the utmost destitution.

Isaiah 26:18

We have conceived, and it is as if we were in labor, but we have given birth to wind. We have not brought forth salvation on the earth. For this reason, the inhabitants of the earth have not fallen.

Jeremiah 2:8

The priests have not sad: 'Where is the Lord?' And those who held the law did not know me. And the pastors betrayed me. And the prophets prophesied in Baal and followed idols.

Hosea 8:7

For they will sow wind and reap a whirlwind. It does not have a firm stalk; the bud will yield no grain. But if it does yield, strangers will eat it.

Mark 8:36

For how does it benefit a man, if he gains the whole world, and yet causes harm to his soul?

John 6:27

Do not work for food that perishes, but for that which endures to eternal life, which the Son of man will give to you. For God the Father has sealed him."

1 Corinthians 16:16

So you should be subject also to persons such as this, as well as to all who are cooperating and working with them.

1 Samuel 12:21

And do not choose to turn aside after vanities, which will never benefit you, nor rescue you, since they are empty.