Ecclesiastes 5:16

American Standard Version (1901)

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?

ASV Byzantine Text

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?

Asang Khongca Bible

Kami loe angmah angzohhaih baktiah, caeh let tih, hae doeh kasae koek hmuen ah ni oh; takhi hanah toksak hae timaw amekhaih oh?

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs

Ha thoeng vaengkah bangla voeivang a caeh he khaw boeih thae tih tlo bal. Te dongah khohli hamla a thakthae he anih ham balae a rhoeikhangnah.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Ha thoeng vaengkah bangla voeivang a caeh he khaw boeih thae tih tlo bal. Te dongah khohli hamla a thakthae he anih ham balae a rhoeikhangnah.

Hawaiian Bible 1868

Eia ka mea pono ole; e like loa me kona puka ana mai, pela no kona hele ana aku. Heaha kona pono i kana hana ana no ka makani?

English Berean Standard Bible

This too is a grievous evil: Exactly as a man is born, so he will depart. What does he gain as he toils for the wind?

Haitian Creole Bible 1985

Wi, sa se bagay ki pou fann kè nou ak lapenn: Jan nou vini an, se konsa nou prale. Nou travay, men sa p'ap rapòte nou anyen.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

cunctis diebus vitæ suæ comedit in tenebris, et in curis multis, et in ærumna atque tristitia.]

Bible in Basic English

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?

French: Bible J.N. Darby

Il mange aussi tous les jours de sa vie dans les ténèbres et se chagrine beaucoup, et est malade et irrité.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

A toť jest také přebídná věc, že rovně, jakž přišel, tak odjíti musí. Protož jaký užitek míti bude toho, že pracoval u vítr?

Kosraean Bible

Tiana fal in ouinge! Kut ac som oana ke kut tuku. Kut orekma kemkatu, oana kut in srike sruokya eng uh, a mea kut eis kac?

World Portuguese Bible

Isso também é um mal terrível: exatamente como veio, assim ele irá. E que proveito tem aquele que trabalha para o vento?

Romanian BTF Bible

Și acesta de asemenea este un rău dureros, că în toate privințele așa cum el a venit, astfel va merge; și ce folos are cel ce a muncit pentru vânt?

Brenton English Septuagint

Yea, all his days are in darkness, and in mourning, and much sorrow, and infirmity, and wrath.

Burmese Common Language Bible

သူသည်လာသကဲ့သို့ အလျှင်းမခြားနားဘဲ၊ သွား ရသောမှုအရာသည် အလွန်ဆိုးသောအမှုအရာဖြစ်၏။ လေကို ရအံ့သောငှါ ကြိုးစားအားထုတ်သော သူသည် အဘယ်ကျေးဇူးရှိသနည်း။

Darby Translation

And this also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came so doth he go away, and what profit hath he, in having laboured for the wind?

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible

Und auch dies ist ein schlimmes Übel: ganz so wie er gekommen ist, also wird er hingehen; und was für einen Gewinn hat er davon, daß er in den Wind sich müht?

Dutch Bible 1917

(5:15) Daarom is dit ook een kwaad, dat krankheid aanbrengt; dat hij in alle manier, gelijk hij gekomen is, alzo heen gaat; en wat voordeel is het hem, dat hij in den wind gearbeid heeft?

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Ook dit is een droevig kwaad. Juist zoals men komt, gaat men heen. Wat voor nut heeft het dan, dat men zich aftobt voor wind?

Italian Diodati Bible

Anche questo è una mala doglia; conciossiachè egli se ne vada come egli è venuto; e che profitto ha egli di essersi affaticato per del vento?

Douay-Rheims 1899

All the days of his life he eateth in darkness, and in many cares, and in misery, and sorrow.

Geneva Bible 1599

Also all his dayes hee eateth in darkenes with much griefe, and in his sorowe and anger.

Noyes Bible

This is also a sore evil, that, in all points as he came, so shall he go. And what profit is there to him who toileth for wind?

Danish Bible 1931

Og dertil kommer et helt Liv i Mørke, Sorg og stor Kvide, Sygdom og Kummer.

Leeser Tanakh

(5:15) And also this is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so must he go: and what profit hath he that hath toiled for the wind?

JPS TaNaKH 1917

(5-15) 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 laboureth for the wind?

King James Version

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?

King James Version + Apocrypha

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?

Vietnamese Bible 1923

Điều nầy cũng là một tai nạn lớn: người ra đời thể nào, ắt phải trở về thể ấy. Vậy, chịu lao khổ đặng theo luồng gió thổi, có ích lợi gì chăng?

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

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?

Revised West Version

Pea ko e kovi foki eni ʻoku lahi, ʻa ʻene ʻalu ʻo tatau ʻi he meʻa kotoa pē mo ʻene haʻu: pea ko e hā ʻae lelei ʻoku maʻu ʻe ia ʻoku ngāue ki he matangi?

French Ostervald Bible

C'est encore ici un mal fâcheux; comme il est venu, il s'en va de même; et quel avantage a-t-il d'avoir travaillé pour du vent?

Esperanto Bible

Kaj ĉi tio estas turmenta doloro, ke kiel li venis, tiel li foriras; kian do profiton li havas de tio, ke li laboras por la vento?

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible

De plus, toute sa vie il mange dans les ténèbres, et il a beaucoup de chagrin, de maux et d’irritation.

German Luther Bible 1912

Das ist ein böses Übel, daß er hinfährt, wie er gekommen ist. Was hilft's ihm denn, daß er in den Wind gearbeitet hat?

LXX2012 U. S. English

Yes, all his days are in darkness, and in mourning, and much sorrow, and infirmity, and wrath.

British English Septuagint 2012

Yes, all his days are in darkness, and in mourning, and much sorrow, and infirmity, and wrath.

Majority Standard BIble

This too is a grievous affliction: Exactly as a man is born, so he will depart. What does he gain as he toils for the wind?

Webster Bible

And this also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath labored for the wind?

Revised Version

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 laboureth for the wind?

Italian Riveduta Bible

Anche questo è un male grave: ch’ei se ne vada tal e quale era venuto; e qual profitto gli viene dall’aver faticato per il vento?

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Cela aussi est un mal grave : exactement comme il est venu, ainsi il s'en ira. Et quel profit a-t-il d'avoir travaillé pour le vent ?

Reina Valera 1909

Este también es un gran mal, que como vino, así haya de volver. ¿Y de qué le aprovechó trabajar al viento?

Spanish BLL

Esto es realmente lamentable: que el hombre se vaya tal como vino. ¿Y qué provecho saca de tanto trabajar para el viento?

Spanish Free Bible for the World

Este también es un gran mal: que tal como vino, así haya de volver. ¿Y de qué le aprovecha trabajar para el viento?

Croatian Bible

Sve svoje dane živi u tami, nevolji, brizi, bolesti i srdžbi.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

I to je ljuto zlo što odlazi kako je došao; i kakva mu je korist što se trudio u vetar,

German Textbibel

Dazu sind alle seine Tage in Finsternis und Trauer und viel Unmut und Leid und Verdruß.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

Yea, all his days are in darkness, and in mourning, And much sorrow, and infirmity, and wrath.

Hebrew OT (WLC)

גַּ֥ם כָּל־יָמָ֖יו בַּחֹ֣שֶׁךְ יֹאכֵ֑ל וְכָעַ֥ס הַרְבֵּ֖ה וְחָלְי֥וֹ וָקָֽצֶף׃

World English Bible

This also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go. And what profit does he have who labors for the wind?

World English Bible (Catholic)

This also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go. And what profit does he have who labors for the wind?

World English Bible British Edition

This also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go. And what profit does he have who labours for the wind?

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon

This also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go. And what profit does he have who labours for the wind?

World English Bible Classic

This also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go. And what profit does he have who labors for the wind?

World English Bible Updated

This also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go. And what profit does he have who labors for the wind?

World Messianic Bible

This also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go. And what profit does he have who labors for the wind?

World Messianic Bible British Edition

This also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go. And what profit does he have who labours for the wind?

Young's Literal Translation

And this also [is] a painful evil, just as he came, so he goeth, and what advantage [is] to him who laboureth for wind?

SEPTUAGINTA

καί γε πᾶσαι αἱ ἡμέραι αὐτοῦ ἐν σκότει καὶ ἐν πένθει καὶ θυμῷ πολλῷ καὶ ἀρρωστίᾳ καὶ χόλῳ.

Brenton Septuagint

Καί γε πᾶσαι αἱ ἡμέραι αὐτοῦ ἐν σκότει, καὶ ἐν πένθει, καὶ θυμῷ πολλῷ, καὶ ἀῤῥωστίᾳ, καὶ χόλῳ.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic)

Ши ачеста есте ун маре рэу, ануме кэ се дуче кум венисе. Ши че фолос аре ел кэ с-а трудит ын вынт?

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish

А він увесь вік свій їв у потемках, у великій журбі, в досадї та прикростях!

Ukrainian Freedom Bible

А він увесь вік свій їв у потемках, у великій журбі, в досадї та прикростях!

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic)

И то је љуто зло што одлази како је дошао; и каква му је корист што се трудио у ветар,

Russian Synodal Bible

А он во все дни свои ел впотьмах, в большом раздражении, в огорчении и досаде.

Hebrew Masoretic OT

גַּ֥ם כָּל־יָמָ֖יו בַּחֹ֣שֶׁךְ יֹאכֵ֑ל וְכָעַ֥ס הַרְבֵּ֖ה וְחָלְיֹ֥ו וָקָֽצֶף׃

Modern Hebrew Bible

וגם זה רעה חולה כל עמת שבא כן ילך ומה יתרון לו שיעמל לרוח׃

Arabic Van Dyck Bible

وَهَذَا أَيْضًا مَصِيبَةٌ رَدِيئَةٌ، فِي كُلِّ شَيْءٍ كَمَا جَاءَ هَكَذَا يَذْهَبُ، فَأَيَّةُ مَنْفَعَةٍ لَهُ، لِلَّذِي تَعِبَ لِلرِّيحِ؟

Old Persion Version Bible

و این نیز بلای سخت است که از هرجهت چنانکه آمد همچنین خواهد رفت؛ و او راچه منفعت خواهد بود از اینکه در‌پی باد زحمت کشیده است؟

Judson Burmese Bible

သူသည်လာ သကဲ့သို့ အလျှင်းမခြားနားဘဲ၊ သွား ရသောအမှုအရာသည် အလွန် ဆိုးသောအမှုအရာဖြစ်၏။ လေ ကို ရအံ့သောငှါ ကြိုးစား အားထုတ်သောသူသည် အဘယ် ကျေးဇူး ရှိသနည်း။

Korean Bible 1910

일평생을 어두운 데서 먹으며 번뇌와 병과 분노가 저에게 있느니라

Japanese Freedom Bible

これも痛ましい悪である。人は来たときと全く同じように去って行く。風を追って労苦する者に、何の益があるのか。

World Chinese Bible

这也是一件严重的祸患：他怎样来，也照样去。他为风劳碌，有什么益处呢？

Chinese Union Version (simplified)

他来的情形怎样，他去的情形也怎样。这也是一宗大祸患。他为风劳碌有什么益处呢？

Chinese Union Version (traditional)

他來的情形怎樣，他去的情形也怎樣。這也是一宗大禍患。他為風勞碌有甚麼益處呢？

Portuguese Bíblia Livre

De maneira que isto também é um mal causador de sofrimentos, que exatamente como veio, assim se vai; e que proveito ele teve em trabalhar para o vento?

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Mashi Bible

N’ensiku zâge zoshi mwo zihwêra omu burhè, omu mutula, omu ntanya, endwâla n’omungo.

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German Schlachter Bible 1951

(05-15) Das ist auch ein böses Übel, daß er gerade so, wie er gekommen ist, wieder gehen muß; und was nützt es ihm, daß er sich um Wind abgemüht hat?

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La Biblia en Español Sencillo

Y de nuevo esto es un gran mal, que en todos los puntos, al irse, se irá; ¿Y qué beneficio tiene él trabajando para el viento?

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You)

Y éste también es un mal grave: Que como vino se va. ¿Y qué provecho tiene El que se esfuerza tras el viento?

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The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible

All his yamim also he eateth in choshech, and he hath much ka'as (grief, vexation) and sickness and anger.

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