Ecclesiastes 4:8
There 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.This verse 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.