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Ecclesiastes 5:15-17
1599 Geneva Bible
Ecclesiastes 5:15-17
1599 Geneva Bible
15 And this also is an evil sickness, that in all points as he came, so shall he go, and what profit hath he that he hath travailed for the [a]wind?
16 Also all his days he eateth in [b]darkness with much grief, and in his sorrow and anger.
17 Behold then, what I have seen good, that it is comely to [c]eat, and to drink, and to take pleasure in all his labor, wherein he travaileth under the sun, the whole number of the days of his life, which God giveth him: for this is his portion.
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- Ecclesiastes 5:15 Meaning, in vain, and without profit.
- Ecclesiastes 5:16 In affliction and grief of mind.
- Ecclesiastes 5:17 Read Eccl. 3:22.
Ecclesiastes 5:15-17
New International Version
Ecclesiastes 5:15-17
New International Version
15 Everyone comes naked from their mother’s womb,
and as everyone comes, so they depart.(A)
They take nothing from their toil(B)
that they can carry in their hands.(C)
16 This too is a grievous evil:
As everyone comes, so they depart,
and what do they gain,
since they toil for the wind?(D)
17 All their days they eat in darkness,
with great frustration, affliction and anger.
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