Ecclesiastes 5:16
Text Analysis

Strong'sHebrewEnglishMorphology
1571 [e]וְגַם־
wə-ḡam-
And alsoConj
2090 [e]זֹה֙
zōh
thisPro-fs
7451 [e]רָעָ֣ה
rā-‘āh
[is] an evilAdj-fs
2470 [e]חוֹלָ֔ה
ḥō-w-lāh
sickeningV-Qal-Prtcpl-fs
3605 [e]כָּל־
kāl-
ExactlyN-msc
5980 [e]עֻמַּ֥ת
‘um-maṯ
asPrep
935 [e]שֶׁבָּ֖א
šeb-bā
he camePro-r | V-Qal-Perf-3ms
3651 [e]כֵּ֣ן
kên
soAdv
1980 [e]יֵלֵ֑ךְ
yê-lêḵ
shall he goV-Qal-Imperf-3ms
4100 [e]וּמַה־
ū-mah-
And whatConj-w | Interrog
3504 [e]יִּתְר֣וֹן
yiṯ-rō-wn
profitN-ms
[e]ל֔וֹ
lōw
[is] for himPrep-l | 3ms
5998 [e]שֶֽׁיַּעֲמֹ֖ל
še-ya-‘ă-mōl
who has toiledPro-r | V-Qal-Imperf-3ms
7307 [e]לָרֽוּחַ׃
lā-rū-aḥ
for the windPrep-l, Art | N-cs





















Parallel Strong's
Berean Study 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?

Young's Literal Translation
And this also [is] a painful evil, just as he came, so he goeth, and what advantage{.htm" title="{"> [is] to him who laboureth for wind?

Holman Christian Standard Bible
This too is a sickening tragedy: exactly as he comes, so he will go. What does the one gain who struggles for the wind?

New American Standard Bible
This also is a grievous evil-- exactly as a man is born, thus will he die. So what is the advantage to him who toils for the wind?

King James Bible
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?
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