Ecclesiastes 5:15

84 translations of 93 that include the Old Testament

American Standard Version (1901)

As he came forth from his mother’s womb, naked shall he go again as he came, and shall take nothing for his labor, which he may carry away in his hand.

ASV Byzantine Text

As he came forth from his mother’s womb, naked shall he go again as he came, and shall take nothing for his labor, which he may carry away in his hand.

Asang Khongca Bible

Anih loe amno zokthung hoi bangkrai ah tacawt baktih toengah, bangkrai ah ni amlaem let tih; a toksakhaih to a ban hoi tidoeh sin thai mak ai.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs

A manu bung lamloh pumtling ha thoeng tih a caeh vaengah khaw a thoeng vaengkah banglam ni a mael. A thakthaenah lamkah te pakhat pataeng a kut dongah a khuen hamla a phueih moenih.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

A manu bung lamloh pumtling ha thoeng tih a caeh vaengah khaw a thoeng vaengkah banglam ni a. mael. A thakthaenah lamkah te pakhat pataeng a kut dongah a khuen hamla a phueih moenih.

Hawaiian Bible 1868

E like me kona puka ana mai, mai ka opu mai o kona makuwahine, pela no ia e hoi hou aku ai me ke kapa ole, e like me kona puka ana mai; aole hiki ia ia ke lawe aku ma kona lima i kekahi mea ana i hana'i.

English Berean Standard Bible

As a man came from his mother’s womb, so he will depart again, naked as he arrived. He takes nothing for his labor to carry in his hands.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985

Li soti toutouni nan vant manman l', konsa tou l'ap tounen san anyen anba tè. Pa gen anyen nan tou sa li travay fè li ka pran pote ale ak li.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Miserabilis prorsus infirmitas: quomodo venit, sic revertetur. Quid ergo prodest ei quod laboravit in ventum?

Bible in Basic English

As he came from his mother at birth, so does he go again; he gets from his work no reward which he may take away in his hand.

French: Bible J.N. Darby

Et cela aussi est un mal douloureux, que, tout comme il est venu, ainsi il s’en va ; et quel profit a-t-il d’avoir travaillé pour le vent ?

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

Jakž vyšel z života matky své nahý, tak zase odchází, jakž přišel, aniž čeho odnáší z práce své, což by vzal v ruku svou.

Kosraean Bible

Ke kut isusla nu faclu, wangin ma kut us, ac ke kut ac som liki faclu wangin pac ma kut ac us. Kut finne orekma upa, wangin ma kut ku in us wi kut.

World Portuguese Bible

Assim como ele saiu do ventre de sua mãe, nu ele voltará como veio, e não levará nada pelo seu trabalho, que ele possa carregar em sua mão.

Romanian BTF Bible

Așa cum a ieșit din pântecele mamei lui, gol, se va întoarce pentru a merge precum a venit și nu va lua nimic din munca lui pe care să o ducă în mâna lui.

Brenton English Septuagint

And this is also an evil infirmity: for as he came, so also shall he return: and what is his gain, for which he vainly labours?

Burmese Common Language Bible

သို့မဟုတ်၊ စည်းစိမ်ရှင်သည် အမိဝမ်းထဲက အလျှင်းမပါဘဲ ထွက်လာသကဲ့သို့၊ ထိုနည်းတူပြန်သွား ရမည်။ ကြိုးစားအားထုတ်၍ ရသောဥစ္စာတစုံတခုကိုမျှ လက်နှင့်စွဲကိုင်လျက် ယူ၍မသွားရ။

Darby Translation

As he came forth from his mother's womb, naked shall he go away again as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may carry away in his hand.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible

Gleichwie er aus dem Leibe seiner Mutter hervorgekommen ist, wird er nackt wieder hingehen, wie er gekommen ist; und für seine Mühe wird er nicht das Geringste davontragen, das er in seiner Hand mitnehmen könnte.

Dutch Bible 1917

(5:14) Gelijk als hij voortgekomen is uit zijner moeders buik, alzo zal hij naakt wederkeren, gaande gelijk hij gekomen was; en hij zal niet medenemen van zijn arbeid, dat hij met zijn hand zou wegdragen.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Zoals hij voortkwam uit de schoot van zijn moeder, Zo gaat hij heen, naakt als hij kwam; Niets neemt hij mee van zijn zwoegen:

Italian Diodati Bible

Un tale se ne torna ignudo, come è uscito del seno di sua madre , andandosene come è venuto; e non prende nulla della sua fatica, ch'egli se ne porti via nella mano.

Douay-Rheims 1899

A most deplorable evil: as he came, so shall he return. What then doth it profit him that he hath laboured for the wind?

Geneva Bible 1599

And this also is an euill sickenes that in all pointes as he came, so shall he goe, and what profit hath he that he hath traueiled for the winde?

Noyes Bible

As he came forth from his mother's womb naked, so shall he go away again, as he came, and shall take away nothing of his labor which he may carry in his hand.

Danish Bible 1931

Også det er et slemt Onde: ganske som han kom, går han bort, og hvad Vinding har han så af, at han gør sig Flid hen i Vejret?

Leeser Tanakh

(5:14) As he came forth out of his mother's womb, naked will he return to go as he came; and not the least will he carry off for his toil, which he might take away with him.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

(5-14) As he came forth of his mother's womb, naked shall he go back as he came, and shall take nothing for his labour, which he may carry away in his hand.

King James Version

As he came forth of his mother’s womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may carry away in his hand.

King James Version + Apocrypha

As he came forth of his mother’s womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may carry away in his hand.

Vietnamese Bible 1923

Mình lọt ra khỏi lòng mẹ trần truồng thể nào, ắt sẽ trở về thể ấy, và về các huê lợi của sự lao khổ mình, chẳng có vậy gì tay mình đem theo được.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

As he came forth of his mother’s womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may carry away in his hand.

Revised West Version

‌ʻO hangē ko ʻene haʻu mei he manāva ʻo ʻene faʻē, ʻe pehē ʻa ʻene ʻalu telefua atu ʻo hangē ko ʻene haʻu, pea ʻe ʻikai ha tupu ʻo ʻene ngāue te ne maʻu ke ʻave ʻi hono nima.

French Ostervald Bible

Et, comme il est sorti nu du sein de sa mère, il s'en retournera nu, s'en allant comme il est venu; et il n'emportera rien qu'il puisse prendre dans sa main.

Esperanto Bible

Kiel li eliris el la ventro de sia patrino, tiel nuda li foriras, kiel li venis; kaj nenion li elportas el sia laboro, kion li povus porti en la mano.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible

C’est encore là un mal grave. Il s’en va comme il était venu; et quel avantage lui revient-il d’avoir travaillé pour du vent?

German Luther Bible 1912

Wie er nackt ist von seine Mutter Leibe gekommen, so fährt er wieder hin, wie er gekommen ist, und nimmt nichts mit sich von seiner Arbeit in seiner Hand, wenn er hinfährt.

LXX2012 U. S. English

And this is also an evil infirmity: for as he came, so also shall he return: and what is his gain, for which he vainly labors?

British English Septuagint 2012

And this is also an evil infirmity: for as he came, so also shall he return: and what is his gain, for which he vainly labours?

Majority Standard BIble

As a man came from his mother’s womb, so he will depart again, naked as he arrived. He takes nothing for his labor to carry in his hands.

Webster Bible

As he came into the world, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labor, which he may carry away in his hand.

Revised Version

As he came forth of his mother’s womb, naked shall he go again as he came, and shall take nothing for his labour, which he may carry away in his hand.

Italian Riveduta Bible

Uscito ignudo dal seno di sua madre, quel possessore se ne va com’era venuto; e di tutta la sua fatica non può prender nulla da portar seco in mano.

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Comme il est sorti nu du ventre de sa mère, il s'en retournera tel qu'il était venu, et il n'emportera dans sa main aucun fruit de son travail.

Reina Valera 1909

Como salió del vientre de su madre, desnudo, así se vuelve, tornando como vino; y nada tuvo de su trabajo para llevar en su mano.

Spanish BLL

Tal como nació del vientre de su madre, así se va: desnudo y sin nada, tal como vino al mundo. De tanto trabajar, no se lleva nada que pueda sostener en sus manos.

Spanish Free Bible for the World

Como salió del vientre de su madre, desnudo, así vuelve, yéndose tal como vino, sin llevarse nada de su trabajo que pueda cargar en su mano.

Croatian Bible

I to je teško zlo što tako odlazi kako je i došao; pa kakva mu je korist što se u vjetar mučio.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

Kao što je izašao iz utrobe matere svoje nag, tako opet odlazi kako je došao; i ništa ne uzima od truda svog da ponese u ruci svojoj.

German Textbibel

Auch das ist ein schlimmes Übel: genau so, wie er kam, wird er davon gehen, und was für Gewinn hat er davon, daß er sich müht in den Wind?

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

And this is also an evil infirmity: For as he came, so also shall he return: And what is his gain, for which he vainly labors?

Hebrew OT (WLC)

וְגַם־זֹה֙ רָעָ֣ה חוֹלָ֔ה כָּל־עֻמַּ֥ת שֶׁבָּ֖א כֵּ֣ן יֵלֵ֑ךְ וּמַה־יִּתְר֣וֹן ל֔וֹ שֶֽׁיַּעֲמֹ֖ל לָרֽוּחַ׃