Ecclesiastes 5:16
Ecclesiastes 5:13-17 The Message (MSG)
Here’s a piece of bad luck I’ve seen happen: A man hoards far more wealth than is good for him And then loses it all in a bad business deal. He fathered a child but hasn’t a cent left to give him. He arrived naked from the womb of his mother; He’ll leave in the same condition—with nothing. This is bad luck, for sure—naked he came, naked he went. So what was the point of working for a salary of smoke? All for a miserable life spent in the dark?
Ecclesiastes 5:16 King James Version (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 5:16 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
This also is a grievous evil—exactly as a man is born, thus will he die. So what is the advantage to him who toils for the wind?
Ecclesiastes 5:16 New Century Version (NCV)
This, too, is real misery: They leave just as they came. So what do they gain from chasing the wind?
Ecclesiastes 5:16 American Standard Version (ASV)
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?
Ecclesiastes 5:16 New International Version (Anglicised) (NIVUK)
This too is a grievous evil: as everyone comes, so they depart, and what do they gain, since they toil for the wind?
Ecclesiastes 5:16 New King James Version (NKJV)
And this also is a severe evil— Just exactly as he came, so shall he go. And what profit has he who has labored for the wind?
Ecclesiastes 5:16 Amplified Bible (AMP)
This also is a grievous evil—exactly as he was born, so he shall die. So what advantage has he who labors for the wind? [1 Tim 6:6]