Ecclesiastes 4:8
There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.Ecclesiastes 4:8 in the real world
In what words
- עָמֵלʻâmêltoiling; concretely, a laborer; figuratively, sorrowful
- חָסֵרchâçêrto lack; by implication, to fail, want, lessen
- עֹשֶׁרʻôsherwealth
- הֶבֶלhebelemptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as
- עָמָלʻâmâltoil, i.e. wearing effort; hence, worry, wheth. of body or mind
- קֵץqêtsan extremity; adverbially (with prepositional prefix) after
- שָׂבַעsâbaʻto sate, i.e. fill to satisfaction (literally or figuratively)
- יֵשׁyêshthere is or are (or any other form of the verb to be, as may suit the connection)
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.