Ecclesiastes 5:15-17
New American Standard Bible 1995
15 (A)As he had come naked from his mother’s womb, so will he return as he came. He will (B)take nothing from the fruit of his labor that he can carry in his hand. 16 This also is a grievous evil—exactly as a man [a]is born, thus will he [b]die. So (C)what is the advantage to him who (D)toils for the wind? 17 Throughout his life (E)he also eats in darkness with (F)great vexation, sickness and anger.
Read full chapterFootnotes
- Ecclesiastes 5:16 Lit comes
- Ecclesiastes 5:16 Lit go
Ecclesiastes 5:15-17
New International Version
15 Everyone comes naked from their mother’s womb,
and as everyone comes, so they depart.(A)
They take nothing from their toil(B)
that they can carry in their hands.(C)
16 This too is a grievous evil:
As everyone comes, so they depart,
and what do they gain,
since they toil for the wind?(D)
17 All their days they eat in darkness,
with great frustration, affliction and anger.
New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. All rights reserved.
Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
NIV Reverse Interlinear Bible: English to Hebrew and English to Greek. Copyright © 2019 by Zondervan.