Ecclesiastes 5:15

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

As he came out from the belly of his mother, naked he turneth back to go as he came, and he taketh not away anything of his labour, that doth go in his hand.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 1:21 : 21 and he saith, `Naked came I forth from the womb of my mother, and naked I turn back thither: Jehovah hath given and Jehovah hath taken: let the name of Jehovah be blessed.'
  • Ps 49:17 : 17 For at his death he receiveth nothing, His honour goeth not down after him.
  • 1 Tim 6:7 : 7 for nothing did we bring into the world -- `it is' manifest that we are able to carry nothing out;
  • Luke 12:20 : 20 `And God said to him, Unthinking one! this night thy soul they shall require from thee, and what things thou didst prepare -- to whom shall they be?

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  • Eccl 5:16-17
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    87%

    16And this also `is' a painful evil, just as he came, so he goeth, and what advantage `is' to him who laboureth for wind?

    17Also all his days in darkness he consumeth, and sadness, and wrath, and sickness abound.

  • Eccl 5:13-14
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    86%

    13There is a painful evil I have seen under the sun: wealth kept for its possessor, for his evil.

    14And that wealth hath been lost in an evil business, and he hath begotten a son and there is nothing in his hand!

  • Job 1:21
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    21and he saith, `Naked came I forth from the womb of my mother, and naked I turn back thither: Jehovah hath given and Jehovah hath taken: let the name of Jehovah be blessed.'

  • Eccl 6:2-7
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    77%

    2A man to whom God giveth wealth, and riches, and honour, and there is no lack to his soul of all that he desireth, and God giveth him not power to eat of it, but a stranger eateth it; this `is' vanity, and it `is' an evil disease.

    3If a man doth beget a hundred, and live many years, and is great, because they are the days of his years, and his soul is not satisfied from the goodness, and also he hath not had a grave, I have said, `Better than he `is' the untimely birth.'

    4For in vanity he came in, and in darkness he goeth, and in darkness his name is covered,

    5Even the sun he hath not seen nor known, more rest hath this than that.

    6And though he had lived a thousand years twice over, yet good he hath not seen; to the same place doth not every one go?

    7All the labour of man `is' for his mouth, and yet the soul is not filled.

  • 1 Tim 6:7
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    7for nothing did we bring into the world -- `it is' manifest that we are able to carry nothing out;

  • Eccl 1:3
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    3What advantage `is' to man by all his labour that he laboureth at under the sun?

  • Job 14:1-2
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    74%

    1Man, born of woman! Of few days, and full of trouble!

    2As a flower he hath gone forth, and is cut off, And he fleeth as a shadow and standeth not.

  • Eccl 2:21-23
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    21For there is a man whose labour `is' in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity, and to a man who hath not laboured therein he giveth it -- his portion! Even this `is' vanity and a great evil.

    22For what hath been to a man by all his labour, and by the thought of his heart that he laboured at under the sun?

    23For all his days are sorrows, and his travail sadness; even at night his heart hath not lain down; this also `is' vanity.

  • Ps 39:6
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    6Only, in an image doth each walk habitually, Only, `in' vain, they are disquieted, He heapeth up and knoweth not who gathereth them.

  • Eccl 3:9
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    9What advantage hath the doer in that which he is labouring at?

  • Eccl 4:7-8
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    7And I have turned, and I see a vain thing under the sun:

    8There is one, and there is not a second; even son or brother he hath not, and there is no end to all his labour! His eye also is not satisfied with riches, and `he saith not', `For whom am I labouring and bereaving my soul of good?' This also is vanity, it is a sad travail.

  • Eccl 11:5
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    5As thou knowest not what `is' the way of the spirit, How -- bones in the womb of the full one, So thou knowest not the work of God who maketh the whole.

  • Jer 20:18
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    18Why `is' this? from the womb I have come out, To see labour and sorrow, Yea, consumed in shame are my days!

  • Eccl 12:7
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    7And the dust returneth to the earth as it was, And the spirit returneth to God who gave it.

  • Job 15:29
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    29He is not rich, nor doth his wealth rise, Nor doth he stretch out on earth their continuance.

  • Ps 49:17
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    17For at his death he receiveth nothing, His honour goeth not down after him.

  • Jer 17:11
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    11A partridge hatching, and not bringing forth, `Is' one making wealth, and not by right, In the midst of his days he doth forsake it, And in his latter end -- he is a fool.

  • Job 7:10
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    10He turneth not again to his house, Nor doth his place discern him again.

  • Job 20:18
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    18He is giving back `what' he laboured for, And doth not consume `it'; As a bulwark `is' his exchange, and he exults not.

  • Ps 146:4
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    4His spirit goeth forth, he returneth to his earth, In that day have his thoughts perished.

  • Eccl 2:11
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    11and I have looked on all my works that my hands have done, and on the labour that I have laboured to do, and lo, the whole `is' vanity and vexation of spirit, and there is no advantage under the sun!

  • Eccl 9:10
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    10All that thy hand findeth to do, with thy power do, for there is no work, and device, and knowledge, and wisdom in Sheol whither thou art going.

  • Job 34:15
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    15Expire doth all flesh together, And man to dust returneth.

  • Eccl 4:15-16
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    15I have seen all the living, who are walking under the sun, with the second youth who doth stand in his place;

    16there is no end to all the people, to all who were before them; also, the latter rejoice not in him. Surely this also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

  • Eccl 3:20
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    20The whole are going unto one place, the whole have been from the dust, and the whole are turning back unto the dust.

  • Prov 13:11
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    11Wealth from vanity becometh little, And whoso is gathering by the hand becometh great.

  • Gen 3:19
    70%

    19by the sweat of thy face thou dost eat bread till thy return unto the ground, for out of it hast thou been taken, for dust thou `art', and unto dust thou turnest back.'

  • Prov 6:11
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    11And thy poverty hath come as a traveller, And thy want as an armed man.

  • Eccl 3:22
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    22And I have seen that there is nothing better than that man rejoice in his works, for it `is' his portion; for who doth bring him in to look on that which is after him?

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    7That hath not filled the hand of a reaper, And the bosom of a binder of sheaves.

  • Prov 5:11
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    11And thou hast howled in thy latter end, In the consumption of thy flesh and thy food,

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    5Also, the sun hath risen, and the sun hath gone in, and unto its place panting it is rising there.

  • Eccl 6:11-12
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    11For there are many things multiplying vanity; what advantage `is' to man?

    12For who knoweth what `is' good for a man in life, the number of the days of the life of his vanity, and he maketh them as a shadow? for who declareth to man what is after him under the sun?

  • Eccl 2:18-19
    2 verses
    69%

    18And I have hated all my labour that I labour at under the sun, because I leave it to a man who is after me.

    19And who knoweth whether he is wise or foolish? yet he doth rule over all my labour that I have laboured at, and that I have done wisely under the sun! this also `is' vanity.

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    19Rich he lieth down, and he is not gathered, His eyes he hath opened, and he is not.

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    34And thy poverty hath come `as' a traveller, And thy want as an armed man!