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Ecclesiastes 5:16
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16 This is another misfortune:[a]
Just as he came, so will he go.
What did he gain from toiling for the wind?

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  1. Ecclesiastes 5:16 tn See the note on the phrase “misfortune” in v. 13.
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Ecclesiastes 5:16
New International Version

16 This too is a grievous evil:

As everyone comes, so they depart,
    and what do they gain,
    since they toil for the wind?(A)

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