Ecclesiastes 5:15 - Tree of Life Version

¹⁵ This too is a grievous wrong. Just as he came, so will he go, so what does he gain, from his toiling for the wind?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁵ As he came forth of his mother's womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may carry away in his hand.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁵ As [the man] came forth from his mother's womb, so he will go again, naked as he came; and he will take away nothing for all his labor which he can carry in his hand.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁵ As he came forth from his mother’s womb, naked shall he go again as he came, and shall take nothing for his labor, which he may carry away in his hand.

Common English Bible

¹⁵ Just as they came from their mother’s womb naked, naked they’ll return, ending up just like they started. All their hard work produces nothing—nothing they can take with them.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁵ It is an utterly miserable infirmity that, in the same manner as he has arrived, so shall he return. How then does it benefit him, since he has labored for the wind?

Ecclesiastes 5:15 Tagairtí Cros

Job 1:21

Then he said: “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will return there. Adonai gave and Adonai has taken away; blessed be the Name of Adonai.”

Job 15:2

“Does a wise man answer with empty knowledge, or fill his belly with the east wind?

Psalm 49:17

Do not be afraid when a man gets rich, when his house’s splendor increases.

Ecclesiastes 5:14

As he came from his mother’s womb, naked he will return as he came. He takes nothing from his labor that he can carry in his hand.

Hosea 12:2

Ephraim is grazing on wind and pursuing the east wind. All day he multiplies lies and ruin: making a pact with Assyria, while carrying oil to Egypt.

Luke 12:20

But God said to him, ‘You fool! Tonight your soul is being demanded back from you! And what you have prepared, whose will that be?’

1 Timothy 6:7

For we brought nothing into this world, So we cannot take anything out of it.