16This also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go. And what profit does he have who labors for the wind?


In Context

13 There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: wealth kept by its owner to his harm.

14 Those riches perish by misfortune, and if he has fathered a son, there is nothing in his hand.

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.

16 This also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go. And what profit does he have who labors for the wind?

17 All his days he also eats in darkness, he is frustrated, and has sickness and wrath.

18 Behold, that which I have seen to be good and proper is for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labor, in which he labors under the sun, all the days of his life which God has given him; for this is his portion.

Ecclesiastes 5:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:16And 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?

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

5:16This too is a grievous evil: As a man comes, so he departs, and what does he gain, since he toils for the wind?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:16A most deplorable evil: as he came, so shall he return. What then doth it profit him that he hath laboured for the wind?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:16And 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?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:16And this also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came so doth he go away, and what profit hath he, in having laboured for the wind?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:16And this also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that he laboureth for the wind?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:16And this also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath labored for the wind?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:16And this also is a painful evil, just as he came, so he goeth, and what advantage is to him who laboureth for wind?

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:16And this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit has he that has labored for the wind?