Ecclesiastes 5:16
And this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind?
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Gill's Exposition
And this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he came,
so shall he go,.... This seems not to be an evil or vanity, distinct from the former; but the same repeated and confirmed, and expressed,…
Solomon had shown the vanity of pleasure, gaiety, and fine works, of honour, power, and royal dignity; and there is many a covetous worldling that will agree with him, and speak as slightly as he does…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind? The ever-recurring question (ch. Ecc 1:3; Ecc 2:22; Ecc 3:9) rises once again, "What profit?" In "labouring for the wind" we have a phrase almost…
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