Ecclesiastes 4:4
4 Then I saw that all toil and all skill in work come from one person’s envy of another. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.a
Ecclesiastes 4:4 — The New International Version (NIV)
4 And I saw that all toil and all achievement spring from one person’s envy of another. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.
Ecclesiastes 4:4 — English Standard Version (ESV)
4 Then I saw that all toil and all skill in work come from a man’s envy of his neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.
Ecclesiastes 4:4 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
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.
Ecclesiastes 4:4 — New Living Translation (NLT)
4 Then I observed that most people are motivated to success because they envy their neighbors. But this, too, is meaningless—like chasing the wind.
Ecclesiastes 4:4 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
4 Again, I saw that for all toil and every skillful work a man is envied by his neighbor. This also is vanity and grasping for the wind.
Ecclesiastes 4:4 — New Century Version (NCV)
4 I realized the reason people work hard and try to succeed: They are jealous of each other. This, too, is useless, like chasing the wind.
Ecclesiastes 4:4 — American Standard Version (ASV)
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.
Ecclesiastes 4:4 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
4 And I saw all labour, and all success of work, that it is man’s jealousy of his neighbour. This also is vanity and pursuit of the wind.
Ecclesiastes 4:4 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
4 Then I saw that all hard work and skillful effort come from rivalry. Even this is pointless. ⸤It’s like⸥ trying to catch the wind.
Ecclesiastes 4:4 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
4 I saw that all labor and all skillful work is due to a man’s jealousy of his friend. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
Ecclesiastes 4:4 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
4 I also realized that all of the toil and all of the skillful work that is done—it is envy between one man and another. This also is vanity and chasing wind!
Ecclesiastes 4:4 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
4 I also saw that man works hard and accomplishes a lot. But he does it only because he wants what his neighbor has. That doesn’t have any meaning either. It’s like chasing the wind.
Ecclesiastes 4:4 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
4 I have seen that every labor and every skill which is done is the result of rivalry between a man and his neighbor. This too is vanity and striving after wind.