Ecclesiastes 5:16
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16Here’s something else that is very evil.
A man is born, and a man dies.
And what does he get for his work?
Nothing. It’s like working for the wind.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
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?
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
This too is a grievous evil:
As everyone comes, so they depart,
and what do they gain,
since they toil for the wind?
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
This too is a sickening tragedy: exactly as he comes, so he will go. What does the one gain who struggles for the wind?
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NLTNew Living Translation
And this, too, is a very serious problem. People leave this world no better off than when they came. All their hard work is for nothing—like working for the wind.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
This also is a grievous illness. Exactly as he came, so he will go. What profit does he gain for all his toil for the wind?
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KJV 1900King James Version
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?
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