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Ecclesiastes 4:4
King James Version
Ecclesiastes 4:4
King James Version
4 Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.
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Ecclesiastes 4:4
New International Version
Ecclesiastes 4:4
New International Version
4 And I saw that all toil and all achievement spring from one person’s envy of another. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.(A)
Ecclesiastes 4:4
Christian Standard Bible
Ecclesiastes 4:4
Christian Standard Bible
The Loneliness of Wealth
4 I saw that all labor and all skillful work is due to one person’s jealousy of another.(A) This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.[a](B)
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- 4:4 Or a feeding on wind, or an affliction of spirit; also in vv. 6,16
Ecclesiastes 4:4
New American Standard Bible 1995
Ecclesiastes 4:4
New American Standard Bible 1995
4 I have seen that every labor and every (A)skill which is done is the result of rivalry between a man and his neighbor. This too is [a](B)vanity and striving after wind.
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- Ecclesiastes 4:4 Or futility, and so throughout the ch
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