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Ecclesiastes 5:16

גַּם כָּל ־ יָמָיו בַּחֹשֶׁךְ יֹאכֵל וְכָעַס הַרְבֵּה וְחָלְיוֹ וָקָֽצֶף ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

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

15וְגַם ־ זֹה רָעָה חוֹלָה כָּל ־ עֻמַּת שֶׁבָּא כֵּן יֵלֵךְ וּמַה ־ יִּתְרוֹן לוֹ שֶֽׁיַּעֲמֹל לָרֽוּחַ ׃

17הִנֵּה אֲשֶׁר ־ רָאִיתִי אָנִי טוֹב אֲשֶׁר ־ יָפֶה לֶֽאֶכוֹל ־ וְלִשְׁתּוֹת וְלִרְאוֹת טוֹבָה בְּכָל ־ עֲמָלוֹ ׀ שֶׁיַּעֲמֹל תַּֽחַת ־ הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ מִסְפַּר יְמֵי ־ חיו אֲשֶׁר ־ נָֽתַן ־ לוֹ הָאֱלֹהִים כִּי ־ הוּא חֶלְקֽוֹ ׃

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Cross References

1 Samuel 12:21וְלֹא תָּסוּרוּ כִּי ׀ אַחֲרֵי הַתֹּהוּ אֲשֶׁר לֹֽא ־ יוֹעִילוּ וְלֹא יַצִּילוּ כִּי ־ תֹהוּ הֵֽמָּה ׃

Ecclesiastes 1:3מַה ־ יִּתְרוֹן לָֽאָדָם בְּכָל ־ עֲמָלוֹ שֶֽׁיַּעֲמֹל תַּחַת הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ ׃

Ecclesiastes 5:13וְאָבַד הָעֹשֶׁר הַהוּא בְּעִנְיַן רָע וְהוֹלִיד בֵּן וְאֵין בְּיָדוֹ מְאֽוּמָה ׃

Jeremiah 2:8הַכֹּהֲנִים לֹא אָֽמְרוּ אַיֵּה יְהוָה וְתֹפְשֵׂי הַתּוֹרָה לֹא יְדָעוּנִי וְהָרֹעִים פָּשְׁעוּ בִי וְהַנְּבִיאִים נִבְּאוּ בַבַּעַל וְאַחֲרֵי לֹֽא ־ יוֹעִלוּ הָלָֽכוּ ׃

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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