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Ecclesiastes 5:16
NIV:  This too is a grievous evil: As everyone comes, so they depart, and what do they gain, since they toil for the wind?
NAS:  This also is a grievous evil-- exactly as a man is born, thus will he die. So what is the advantage to him who toils for the wind?
KJV:  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?
GWT:  This also is a painful tragedy: They leave exactly as they came. What advantage do they gain from working so hard for the wind?
ASV:  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?
BBE:  And this again is a great evil, that in all points as he came so will he go; and what profit has he in working for the wind?
DBY:  And this also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came so doth he go away, and what profit hath he, in having laboured for the wind?
DRB:  A most deplorable evil: as he came, so shall he return. What then doth it profit him that he hath laboured for the wind?
WBS:  And this also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath labored for the wind?
WEB:  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?
YLT:  And this also is a painful evil, just as he came, so he goeth, and what advantage is to him who laboureth for wind?

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