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Ecclesiastes 5:16 Cross-References
Explore 10 cross-references for Ecclesiastes 5:16 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Ecclesiastes chapter 5 verse 16 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“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)
Commentary on Ecclesiastes 5:16
And this also is a sore evil (וְגַם־זֹה רָעָה חוֹלָה, vegam-zoh ra'ah cholah)—repeating verse 13's phrase, 'a grievous evil.' That in all points as he came, so shall he go (כָּל־עֻמַּת שֶׁבָּא כֵּן יֵלֵךְ, kol-ummat shebba ken yelekh)—'exactly corresponding to how he came, thus he goes,' emphasizing precise symmetry of arrival and departure. And what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind? (וּמַה־יִּתְרוֹן לוֹ שֶׁיַּעֲמֹל לָרוּחַ, umah-yitron lo sheya'amol laruach)—employing yitron, the book's signature term for 'profit' or 'gain.'The 'sore evil' is the absurdity itself: entrance equal...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Ecclesiastes 5:16
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“He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.”
“What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?”
“to gain the whole world”
“but for the food which remains to eternal life”
“There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun”
“and of the striving of his heart”
“Where is Yahweh? and those who handle the law didn't know me: the rulers also transgressed against me”
“for they are vain.”
“and they will reap the whirlwind. He has no standing grain. The stalk will yield no head. If it does yield”
“it seems”