Ecclesiastes 5:15

\5:16\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?

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In The 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.

In Context

14\5:15\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.

16\5:17\All his days are in the dark, and he has much sorrow, pain, disease, and trouble.

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Cross References

Job 1:21With nothing I came out of my mother's body, and with nothing I will go back there; the Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; let the Lord's name be praised.

Psalms 49:17\49:16\Have no fear when wealth comes to a man, and the glory of his house is increased;

Luke 12:20But God said to him, You foolish one, tonight I will take your soul from you, and who then will be the owner of all the things which you have got together?

Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 5:10-18

The Vanity of Riches. 9 Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field. 10 He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity. 11 When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes? 12 The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.… Read the whole commentary →

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