Ecclesiastes 4:4

King James Version (KJV)

Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.

Translations

Ecclesiastes 4:4 - Amplified Bible

Then I saw that all painful effort in labor and all skill in work comes from man's rivalry with his neighbor. This is also vanity, a vain striving after the wind {and} a feeding on it.

Ecclesiastes 4:4 - American Standard Version

Then I saw all labor and every skilful work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:4 - Bible in Basic English

And I saw that the cause of all the work and of everything which is done well was man's envy of his neighbour. This again is to no purpose and a desire for wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:4 - Darby Bible

And I saw all labour, and all success of work, that it is man`s jealousy of his neighbour. This also is vanity and pursuit of the wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:4 - English Standard Version

Then I saw that all toil and all skill in work come from a man's envy of his neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:4 - King James Version

Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.

Ecclesiastes 4:4 - La Biblia de las Americas

Y he visto que todo trabajo y toda obra hábil que se hace, es el resultado de la rivalidad entre el hombre y su pròjimo. También esto es vanidad y correr tras el viento.

Ecclesiastes 4:4 - The Message

Then I observed all the work and ambition motivated by envy. What a waste! Smoke. And spitting into the wind.

 

Ecclesiastes 4:4 - New American Standard Bible

I have seen that every labor and every skill which is done is {the result of} rivalry between a man and his neighbor. This too is vanity and striving after wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:4 - Nueva Biblia Latinoamericana de Hoy

He visto que todo trabajo y toda obra hábil que se hace, es el resultado de la rivalidad entre el hombre y su pròjimo. También esto es vanidad y correr tras el viento.

Ecclesiastes 4:4 - World English Bible

Then I saw all of labor and of achievement that is the envy of a man`s neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:4 - Young's Living Translation

And I have seen all the labour, and all the benefit of the work, because for it a man is the envy of his neighbour. Even this [is] vanity and vexation of spirit.

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