Ecclesiastes 5:15

Coverdale Bible (1535)

Like as he came naked out of his mothers wombe, so goeth he thither agayne, and carieth nothinge awaye with him of all his laboure.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 1:21 : 21 and sayde: Naked came I out of my mothers wombe, and naked shall I turne thither agayne. The LORDE gaue, and the LORDE hath taken awaye (the LORDE hath done his pleasure) now blessed be ye name off the LORDE.
  • Ps 49:17 : 17 For he shal cary nothinge awaye wt him when he dyeth, nether shal his pompe folowe him.
  • 1 Tim 6:7 : 7 For we broughte nothinge in to the worlde, therfore is it a playne case yt we can cary nothinge out.
  • Luke 12:20 : 20 But God sayde vnto him: Thou foole, this night shal they requyre thy soule from the, and whose shal it be that thou hast prepared?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Eccl 5:16-17
    2 verses
    87%

    16This is a miserable plage, yt he shal go awaye euen as he came. What helpeth it him then, yt he hath labored in the wynde?

    17All the daies of his life also must he eate in the darcke, with greate carefulnesse, sicknesse & sorow.

  • Eccl 5:13-14
    2 verses
    86%

    13Yet is there a sore plage, which I haue sene vnder the Sonne (namely) riches kepte to the hurte of him yt hath them in possession.

    14For oft times they perishe with his greate misery and trouble: and yf he haue a childe, it getteth nothinge.

  • Job 1:21
    78%

    21and sayde: Naked came I out of my mothers wombe, and naked shall I turne thither agayne. The LORDE gaue, and the LORDE hath taken awaye (the LORDE hath done his pleasure) now blessed be ye name off the LORDE.

  • Eccl 6:2-7
    6 verses
    77%

    2when God geueth a man riches, goodes & honoure, so that he wanteth nothinge of all that his herte can desyre: and yet God geueth him not leue to enioye the same, but another man spedeth them. This is a vayne thinge & a miserable plage.

    3Yf a man begett an hundreth children, and lyue many yeares, so that his dayes are many in nombre, and yet can not enioye his good, nether be buried: as for him I saye, that an vntymely byrth is better then he.

    4For he cometh to naught, & goeth his waye in to darcknes, and his name is forgotten.

    5Morouer, he seyth not the Sonne, and knoweth of no rest nether here ner there:

    6Yee though he lyued two thousande yeares, yet hath he no good life. Come not all to one place?

    7All the laboure that a man taketh, is for himself, and yet his desyre is neuer fylled after his mynde.

  • 1 Tim 6:7
    76%

    7For we broughte nothinge in to the worlde, therfore is it a playne case yt we can cary nothinge out.

  • Eccl 1:3
    74%

    3For what els hath a ma, of all the labor yt he taketh vnder the Sonne?

  • Job 14:1-2
    2 verses
    74%

    1Man that is borne of a woman, hath but a shorte tyme to lyue, and is full of dyuerse miseries.

    2He cometh vp, and falleth awaye like a floure. He flyeth as it were a shadowe, and neuer continueth in one state.

  • Eccl 2:21-23
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    73%

    21for so moch as a man shulde weery him self with wy?dome, with vnderstondinge and opportunite, and yet be fayne to leaue his labours vnto another, yt neuer swett for them. This is also a vayne thinge and a greate misery.

    22For what getteth a ma of all ye labor & trauayle of his mynde, yt he taketh vnder the Sonne,

    23but heuynesse, sorowe & disquyetnes all ye dayes of his life? In so moch that his herte can not rest in the night. Is not this also a vayne thinge?

  • Ps 39:6
    72%

    6Beholde, thou hast made my dayes a spanne longe, and my life is as it were nothinge before the. O how vayne are all men lyuynge?

  • Eccl 3:9
    72%

    9What hath a ma els (that doth eny thinge) but weerynesse and laboure?

  • Eccl 4:7-8
    2 verses
    72%

    7Morouer, I turned me, and beholde yet another vanite vnder the Sonne.

    8There is one man, no mo but himself alone, hauynge nether childe ner brother: yet is there no ende of his carefull trauayle, his eyes can not be satisfied with riches, (yet doth he not remembre himself, & saye:) For whom do I take soch trauayle? For whose pleasure do I thus consume awaye my lyfe? This is also a vayne and miserable thinge.

  • Eccl 11:5
    72%

    5Now like as thou knowest not the waye of the wynde, ner how ye bones are fylled in a mothers wombe: Euen so thou knowest not the workes of God, which is the workemaster of all.

  • Jer 20:18
    72%

    18Wherfore came I forth off my mothers wombe? To haue experience of laboure and sorowe? and to lede my life with shame?

  • Eccl 12:7
    72%

    7Or dust be turned againe vnto earth from whence it came, and or the sprete returne vnto God, which gaue it.

  • Job 15:29
    72%

    29He shall not be rich, nether shall his substaunce continue, ner encrease vpon earth.

  • Ps 49:17
    71%

    17For he shal cary nothinge awaye wt him when he dyeth, nether shal his pompe folowe him.

  • Jer 17:11
    71%

    11The disceatfull maketh a nest, but bringeth forth no yonge: He commeth by riches, but not rightuously. In the myddest off his life must he leaue them behinde him, and at the last be founde a very foole.

  • Job 7:10
    71%

    10ner turneth agayne in to his house, nether shall his place knowe him eny more.

  • Job 20:18
    71%

    18But laboure shal he, & yet haue nothinge to eate. Greate trauayle shal he make for riches, but he shal not enioye them.

  • Ps 146:4
    71%

    4Blessed is he that hath ye God of Iacob for his helpe, and whose hope is in the LORDE his God.

  • Eccl 2:11
    71%

    11But whan I considered all the workes yt my handes had wrought, and all the labours that I had taken therin: lo, all was but vanite and vexacion of mynde, & nothinge of eny value vnder ye Sonne.

  • Eccl 9:10
    71%

    10What so euer thou takest in hande to do, that do with all thy power: for amoge the deed (where as thou goest vnto) there is nether worke, councell, knowlege ner wy?dome.

  • Job 34:15
    71%

    15All flesh shal come together vnto naught, & all me shal turne agayne vnto earth.

  • Eccl 4:15-16
    2 verses
    71%

    15And I perceaued, yt all men lyuynge vnder the Sonne, go wt the seconde childe, that commeth vp in the steade of the other.

    16As for the people that haue bene before him, and that come after him, they are innumerable: yet is not their ioye the greater thorow him. This is also a vayne thinge and a vexacion of mynde.

  • Eccl 3:20
    71%

    20They go all vnto one place, for as they be all of dust, so shal they all turne vnto dust againe.

  • Prov 13:11
    70%

    11Hastely gotte goodes are soone spent, but they that be gathered together with the hande, shal increase.

  • Gen 3:19
    70%

    19In the sweate of thy face shalt thou eate thy bred, tyll thou be turned agayne vnto earth, whece thou art take: for earth thou art, and vnto earth shalt thou be turned agayne.

  • Prov 6:11
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    11so shal pouerte come vnto the as one yt trauayleth by the waye, & necessite like a wapened man.

  • Eccl 3:22
    70%

    22Wherfore I perceaue, yt there is nothyinge better for a man, then to be ioyfull in his laboure, for that is his porcion. But who wil brynge him to se the thinge, that shal come after him?

  • Ps 129:7
    70%

    7Wherof the mower fylleth not his hande, nether he that byndeth vp the sheaues, his bosome.

  • Prov 5:11
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    11Yee that thou mourne not at the last (when thou hast spent thy body and goodes)

  • Eccl 1:5
    69%

    5The Sone aryseth, the Sonne goeth downe, & returneth to his place, yt he maye there ryse vp agayne.

  • Eccl 6:11-12
    2 verses
    69%

    11A vayne thinge is it to cast out many wordes, but what hath a man els?

    12For who knoweth what is good for man lyuynge, in ye dayes of his vayne life, which is but a shadowe? Or, who wil tell a man, what shal happen after him vnder the Sonne?

  • Eccl 2:18-19
    2 verses
    69%

    18Yee I was weery of all my laboure, which I had taken vnder the Sonne, because I shulde be fayne to leaue them vnto another man, that cometh after me:

    19for who knoweth, whether he shalbe a wyse ma or a foole? And yet shal he be lorde of all my labours, which I with soch wy?dome haue taken vnder the Sonne. Is not this a vayne thinge?

  • Job 27:19
    69%

    19When the rich man dyeth, he carieth nothinge with him: he is gone in ye twincklynge of an eye.

  • Prov 24:34
    69%

    34so shall pouerte come vnto the as one yt trauayleth by ye waye, & necessite like a wapened man.