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Ecclesiastes 5:16

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
- 16 This too is a great tragedy:* Exactly as he came, so he will go away; and what profit is there to the one who keeps working hard for the wind?+

Ecclesiastes 5:16

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 16 And this too is a grave calamity: exactly as one has come, so one will go away; and what profit is there to the one who keeps working hard for the wind?+

Ecclesiastes 5:16

The Bible in Living English
- 16 And this too is a galling evil: just the way he came, so he goes, and how much is he better off for putting himself to trouble just for wind?

Ecclesiastes 5:16

American Standard Version
- 16 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

The Emphasized Bible
- 16 Even this moreover is an incurable evil, altogether as he came so shall he depart,—what profit then shall he have who toileth for the wind?

Ecclesiastes 5:16

King James Version
- 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?