Ecclesiastes 5:16
And this also is a painful evil, just as he came, so he goeth, and what advantage is to him who laboureth for wind?This verse in the real world
In what words
- יִתְרוֹןyithrôwnpreeminence, gain
- עָמַלʻâmalto toil, i.e. work severely and with irksomeness
- זֹהzôhthis or that
- עֻמָּהʻummâhconjunction, i.e. society; mostly adverb or preposition (with prepositional prefix), near,
- חָלָהchâlâhproperly, to be rubbed or worn; hence (figuratively) to be weak, sick, afflicted; or (caus
- רַעraʻbad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
- יָלַךְyâlakto walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
- בּוֹאbôwʼto go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.