Ecclesiastes 5:16

Yea, all his days are in darkness, and in mourning, 1 And much sorrow, and infirmity, and wrath. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The 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?

In Context

15And this is also an evil infirmity: 1 For as he came, so also shall he return: 1 And what is his gain, for which he vainly labors? 1

17Behold, I have seen good, that it is a fine thing for a man 1 To eat and to drink, 1 And to see good 1 In all his labor in 1 Which he may labor under the sun, 1 All the number of the days of his life 1 Which God has given to him: 1 For it is his portion. 1

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Cross References

1 Samuel 12:21And turn not aside after the gods that are nothing, who will do nothing, and will not deliver you, because they are nothing.

Ecclesiastes 1:3What advantage is there to a man 1 In all his labor that he takes under the sun? 1

Ecclesiastes 5:13And that wealth shall perish in an evil trouble: 1 And the man begets a son, and there is nothing in his hand. 1

Jeremiah 2:8The priests said not, Where is the Lord? and they that held by the law knew me not: the shepherds also sinned against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and went after that which profited not.

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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