Proverbs 27:16
Christian Standard Bible
16 the one who controls her controls the wind
and grasps oil with his right hand.
Proverbs 27:16
New International Version
16 restraining her is like restraining the wind
or grasping oil with the hand.
Ecclesiastes 2:11
Christian Standard Bible
11 When I considered all that I had accomplished[a] and what I had labored to achieve, I found everything to be futile and a pursuit of the wind.[b](A) There was nothing to be gained under the sun.(B)
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Ecclesiastes 2:11
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Ecclesiastes 2:17
Christian Standard Bible
17 Therefore, I hated life because the work that was done under the sun was distressing to me. For everything is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
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Ecclesiastes 2:17
New International Version
Toil Is Meaningless
17 So I hated life, because the work that is done under the sun was grievous to me. All of it is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.(A)
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 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 6:9
Christian Standard Bible
9 Better what the eyes see than wandering desire.(A) This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.[a](B)
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- 6:9 Or a feeding on wind, or an affliction of spirit
Ecclesiastes 6:9
New International Version
9 Better what the eye sees
than the roving of the appetite.
This too is meaningless,
a chasing after the wind.(A)
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