Ecclesiastes 5:16

King James Version:

(The Lord speaking is red text)

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?

Complete Jewish Bible:

This too is a gross evil, that in every respect as he came, so will he go; thus what profit does he have after toiling to earn the wind?

Berean Standard 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?

American Standard Version:

And this also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that he laboreth for the wind?

KJV with Strong’s Numbers:

And this^{H2090} also is a sore^{H2470} evil^{H7451}, that in all points^{H5980} as he came^{H935}, so shall he go^{H3212}: and what profit^{H3504} hath he that hath laboured^{H5998} for the wind^{H7307}?

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Commentary for Ecclesiastes 5:16

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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:

Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)

1. Strong's Number: H2090
   There are 12 instances of this translation in the Bible
   Lemma: זֹה
   Transliteration: zôh
   Pronunciation: zo
   Description: for זֶה; this or that; as well as another, it, this, that, thus and thus.
   
2. Strong's Number: H2470
   There are 73 instances of this translation in the Bible
   Lemma: חָלָה
   Transliteration: châlâh
   Pronunciation: khaw-law'
   Description: a primitive root (compare חוּל, חָלָה, חָלַל); properly, to be rubbed or worn; hence (figuratively) to be weak, sick, afflicted; or (causatively) to grieve, make sick; also to stroke (in flattering), entreat; beseech, (be) diseased, (put to) grief, be grieved, (be) grievous, infirmity, intreat, lay to, put to pain, [idiom] pray, make prayer, be (fall, make) sick, sore, be sorry, make suit ([idiom] supplication), woman in travail, be (become) weak, be wounded.
   
3. Strong's Number: H7451
   There are 623 instances of this translation in the Bible
   Lemma: רַע
   Transliteration: raʻ
   Pronunciation: rah
   Description: from רָעַע; bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral); adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, [phrase] displease(-ure), distress, evil((-favouredness), man, thing), [phrase] exceedingly, [idiom] great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), [phrase] mark, mischief(-vous), misery, naught(-ty), noisome, [phrase] not please, sad(-ly), sore, sorrow, trouble, vex, wicked(-ly, -ness, one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.).
   
4. Strong's Number: H5980
   There are 28 instances of this translation in the Bible
   Lemma: עֻמָּה
   Transliteration: ʻummâh
   Pronunciation: oom-maw'
   Description: from עָמַם; conjunction, i.e. society; mostly adverb or preposition (with prepositional prefix), near, beside, along with; (over) against, at, beside, hard by, in points.
   
5. Strong's Number: H935
   There are 2307 instances of this translation in the Bible
   Lemma: בּוֹא
   Transliteration: bôwʼ
   Pronunciation: bo
   Description: a primitive root; to go or come (in a wide variety of applications); abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, [idiom] certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, [idiom] doubtless again, [phrase] eat, [phrase] employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, [phrase] follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, [phrase] have, [idiom] indeed, (in-) vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, [idiom] (well) stricken (in age), [idiom] surely, take (in), way.
   
6. Strong's Number: H3212
   There are 938 instances of this translation in the Bible
   Lemma: יָלַךְ
   Transliteration: yâlak
   Pronunciation: yaw-lak'
   Description: a primitive root (compare הָלַךְ); to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses); [idiom] again, away, bear, bring, carry (away), come (away), depart, flow, [phrase] follow(-ing), get (away, hence, him), (cause to, made) go (away, -ing, -ne, one's way, out), grow, lead (forth), let down, march, prosper, [phrase] pursue, cause to run, spread, take away (-journey), vanish, (cause to) walk(-ing), wax, [idiom] be weak.
   
7. Strong's Number: H3504
   There are 9 instances of this translation in the Bible
   Lemma: יִתְרוֹן
   Transliteration: yithrôwn
   Pronunciation: yith-rone'
   Description: from יָתַר; preeminence, gain; better, excellency(-leth), profit(-able).
   
8. Strong's Number: H5998
   There are 11 instances of this translation in the Bible
   Lemma: עָמַל
   Transliteration: ʻâmal
   Pronunciation: aw-mal'
   Description: a primitive root; to toil, i.e. work severely and with irksomeness; (take) labour (in).
   
9. Strong's Number: H7307
   There are 348 instances of this translation in the Bible
   Lemma: רוּחַ
   Transliteration: rûwach
   Pronunciation: roo'-akh
   Description: from רוּחַ; wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions); air, anger, blast, breath, [idiom] cool, courage, mind, [idiom] quarter, [idiom] side, spirit(-ual), tempest, [idiom] vain, (whirl-) wind(-y).