Ecclesiastes 5:16 — compare English translations
Compare translationsEcclesiastes 5:16 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וְגַם
gam
H1571
also
זֹה֙
zôh
H2090
this
רָעָ֣ה
raʻ
H7451
evil
חוֹלָ֔ה
châlâh
H2470
to be sick
כָּל
kôl
H3605
all
עֻמַּ֥ת
ʻummâh
H5980
beside
שֶׁבָּ֖א
bôwʼ
H935
to enter
כֵּ֣ן
kên
H3651
thus
יֵלֵ֑ךְ
yâlak
H3212
to walk
וּמַה
mâh
H4100
what
יִּתְר֣וֹן
yithrôwn
H3504
profit
ל֔וֹ
שֶֽׁיַּעֲמֹ֖ל
ʻâmal
H5998
to labor
לָרֽוּחַ
rûwach
H7307
spirit
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
This also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go. And what profit does he have who labors for the wind?
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King James Version Public Domain
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?
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And also this a sickening misfortune: Just as he came, thus he will go. And what profit to him who toils for the wind?
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).