Ecclesiastes 5:16

Hebrew	גַּ֥ם כָּל יָמָ֖יו בַּחֹ֣שֶׁךְ יֹאכֵ֑ל וְכָעַ֥ס הַרְבֵּ֖ה וְחָלְי֥וֹ וָקָֽצֶף
ESV	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?
NIV	This too is a grievous evil: As a man comes, so he departs, and what does he gain, since he toils for the wind?
NLT	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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KJV	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?

^{Ecclesiastes 5:15 ← Ecclesiastes 5:16 → Ecclesiastes 5:17}

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