Ecclesiastes 4:4 - Y'all Version Bible

⁴ Then I saw all the labor and achievement come from the envy of a one’s neighbor. This also is emptiness and a striving after wind.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ Then I saw that all painful effort in labor and all skill in work comes from man's rivalry with his neighbor. This is also vanity, a vain striving after the wind and a feeding on it.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ Then I saw all labor and every skilful work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

Common English Bible

⁴ I also observed that people work hard and become good at what they do only out of mutual envy. This too is pointless, just wind chasing.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ Again, I was contemplating all the labors of men. And I took notice that their endeavors are open to the envy of their neighbor. And so, in this, too, there is emptiness and superfluous anxiety.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴ Again I considered all the labours of men, and I remarked that their industries are exposed to the envy of their neighbour: so in this also there is vanity, and fruitless care.

Ecclesiastes 4:4 Tagairtí Cros

Genesis 26:14

He had possessions of flocks, possessions of herds, and a great household. The Philistines envied him.

Genesis 31:1

Jacob heard the words of Laban’s sons, saying, “Jacob has taken away all that was our father’s. He has obtained all this wealth from that which was our father’s.”

Proverbs 27:4

Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; but who is able to stand before jealousy?

Ecclesiastes 1:14

I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and I see that all is emptiness and a chasing after wind.

Ecclesiastes 1:17

I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also was a chasing after wind.

Ecclesiastes 2:21

For there is a person whose labor is with wisdom, with knowledge, and with skillfulness, yet they must leave their portion to someone who has not labored for it. This also is emptiness and a great evil.

Ecclesiastes 2:26

For to the person who pleases ʜɪᴍ, God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner ʜᴇ gives the task of gathering and accumulating, so that ʜᴇ may give to someone who pleases God. This also is emptiness and a chasing after wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:16

There was no end of all the people who were before him, yet those who come after will not rejoice in him. Surely this also is emptiness and a chasing after wind.

Ecclesiastes 6:11

When words increase emptiness increases. What does that profit humanity?

Ecclesiastes 6:9

Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire. This also is emptiness and a chasing after wind.

Matthew 27:18

For he knew that they had handed him over out of envy.

Acts 7:9

“The patriarchs burned with jealousy against Joseph, and they sold him into Egypt. But God was with him

James 4:5

Or do y’all think that the Scripture says in vain, “The Spirit who lives in us yearns jealously”?

1 John 3:12

unlike Cain, who was from the evil one and killed his brother. Why did he kill him? Because his deeds were evil, and his brother’s were righteous.