14 When that wealth was lost through bad business and he had fathered a son, then there was nothing [a]to support him. 15 (A)As he came naked from his mother’s womb, so he will 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 sickening evil: exactly as a person [b]is born, so will he [c]die. (C)What then is the advantage for him who (D)labors for the wind?

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 5:14 Lit in his hand
  2. Ecclesiastes 5:16 Lit comes
  3. Ecclesiastes 5:16 Lit go

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