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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?

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}?

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?

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?

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?

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Cross-References

  • Ecclesiastes 1:3 (5 votes)

    What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?

  • Proverbs 11:29 (5 votes)

    ¶ He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool [shall be] servant to the wise of heart.

  • Mark 8:36 (3 votes)

    For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?

  • John 6:27 (3 votes)

    Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.

  • 1 Samuel 12:21 (2 votes)

    And turn ye not aside: for [then should ye go] after vain [things], which cannot profit nor deliver; for they [are] vain.

  • Isaiah 26:18 (2 votes)

    We have been with child, we have been in pain, we have as it were brought forth wind; we have not wrought any deliverance in the earth; neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen.

  • Jeremiah 2:8 (2 votes)

    The priests said not, Where [is] the LORD? and they that handle the law knew me not: the pastors also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after [things that] do not profit.