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Ecclesiastes 5:15-17
New International Version
Ecclesiastes 5:15-17
New International Version
15 Everyone comes naked from their mother’s womb,
and as everyone comes, so they depart.(A)
They take nothing from their toil(B)
that they can carry in their hands.(C)
16 This too is a grievous evil:
As everyone comes, so they depart,
and what do they gain,
since they toil for the wind?(D)
17 All their days they eat in darkness,
with great frustration, affliction and anger.
Ecclesiastes 5:15-17
King James Version
Ecclesiastes 5:15-17
King James Version
15 As 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.
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?
17 All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.
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Ecclesiastes 5:15-17
New King James Version
Ecclesiastes 5:15-17
New King James Version
15 (A)As he came from his mother’s womb, naked shall he return,
To go as he came;
And he shall take nothing from his labor
Which he may carry away in his hand.
16 And this also is a severe evil—
Just exactly as he came, so shall he go.
And (B)what profit has he (C)who has labored for the wind?
17 All his days (D)he also eats in darkness,
And he has much sorrow and sickness and anger.
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