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Ecclesiastes 5:16 KJV
Ecclesiastes · chapter 5 · verse 16
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?Ecclesiastes 5:16 · King James Version
Ecclesiastes 5:16 in context
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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- labouredʻâmalto toilH5998 →
- pointsʻummâhconjunctionH5980 →
- profityithrôwnpreeminence, gainH3504 →
- sorechâlâhproperly, to be rubbed or wornH2470 →
- evilraʻbad or evilH7451 →
- camebôwʼto go or comeH935 →
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Solomon had shown the vanity of pleasure, gaiety, and fine works, of honour, power, and royal dignity; and there is many a covetous worldling that will agree with him, and speak as slightly as he does of these things; but money, he thinks, is a substantial thing, and if he can but have enough of that he is happy.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 9-17