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Ecclesiastes 5:15-16 KJV
Ecclesiastes · chapter 5 · verses 15–16 · King James Version
15As he came forth of his mother’s womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may carry away in his hand. 16And 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?Ecclesiastes 5:15-16 · King James Version
Ecclesiastes 5:15-16 in context
13There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.
14But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand.
15As he came forth of his mother’s womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may carry away in his hand.
16And 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?
17All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.
18Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it is his portion.
Cross references
Key words (Strong's)
- mother'sʼêma motherH517 →
- labouredʻâmalto toilH5998 →
- nothingmᵉʼûwmâhproperly, a speck or pointH3972 →
- returnshûwbto turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figurativelyH7725 →
- labourʻâmâltoilH5999 →
- pointsʻummâhconjunctionH5980 →
- profityithrôwnpreeminence, gainH3504 →
- forthyâtsâʼto go out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and…H3318 →
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