Ecclesiastes 4:4
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.
Context
This verse from Ecclesiastes Chapter 4 connects to 10 cross-references. Qohelet observes oppression — the tears of the oppressed without a comforter — and declares the dead better off than the living. He meditates on the rivalry that motivates toil, the loneliness of those with no companion, and the vulnerability …
Andere Übersetzungen
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.
And I have seen all the labour, and all the benefit of the work, because for it a man is the envy of his neighbour. Even this <FI>is<Fi> vanity and vexation of spirit.
And I saw that the cause of all the work and of everything which is done well was man's envy of his neighbour. This again is to no purpose and a desire for wind.
Querverweise
And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the Lord had …
And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain …
These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the …
And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.
And Saul was very wroth, and the saying displeased him; and he said, They have ascribed unto David ten thousands, …
And Saul eyed David from that day and forward.
And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the Lord was with him.
But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he went out and came in before them.
And Saul was yet the more afraid of David; and Saul became David’s enemy continually.
Then the princes of the Philistines went forth: and it came to pass, after they went forth, that David behaved …