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Ecclesiastes 5:16

King James Version (KJV)

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Ecclesiastes 5:16

Verse 16 of 20

Scripture focus

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 — KJV

Theological / Devotional

This also. In all ages men have been distressed at the seeming futility of life.

What point, asks the writer, is there in working hard for a lifetime, only to forfeit the fruits of toil at death?

What profit? None at all, of course, is the implied answer.

Laboured for the wind. Here a figure for utter futility (see Job 15:2; Prov. 11:29).

The wind is unsubstantial, elusive, and cannot be grasped and held. So are the riches of this world.

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