Ecclesiastes 5:16
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?
Context
This verse from Ecclesiastes Chapter 5 connects to 10 cross-references. Practical wisdom about religious devotion: guard your steps when entering the house of God, let your words be few, and do not delay fulfilling vows. Qohelet observes that wealth hoarded or lost in bad ventures does not satisfy, and that …
Andere Übersetzungen
And 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?
And this also <FI>is<Fi> a painful evil, just as he came, so he goeth, and what advantage <FI>is<Fi> to him who laboureth for wind?
And this again is a great evil, that in all points as he came so will he go; and what profit has he in working for the wind?
Querverweise
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For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to …
For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This …
For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under …
What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?
For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield …