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Ecclesiastes 4:4 / KJV
4. 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 / ASV
4. 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 / BasicEnglish
4. 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
4. 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 / Webster
4. Again, I considered all labor, and every right work, that for this a man is envied by his neighbor. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.
Ecclesiastes 4:4 / Young
4. 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.

German Bible Translations

Prediger 4:4 / Luther
4. Ich sah an Arbeit und Geschicklichkeit in allen Sachen; da neidet einer den andern. Das ist auch eitel und Haschen nach dem Wind.
Prediger 4:4 / Schlachter
4. Ich sah auch, daß alle Mühe und alles Gelingen im Geschäft nur den Neid des einen gegen den andern weckt; und auch das ist eitel und ein Haschen nach Wind!

French Bible Translations

Ecclésiaste 4:4 / Segond21
4. J'ai vu que toute la peine que l'on se donne et tout le succès que l'on recherche dans une entreprise ne sont motivés que par la jalousie de l'homme vis-à-vis de son prochain. Cela aussi, c'est de la fumée et cela revient à poursuivre le vent.
Ecclésiaste 4:4 / NEG1979
4. J’ai vu que tout travail et toute habileté dans le travail n’est que jalousie de l’homme à l’égard de son prochain. C’est encore là une vanité et la poursuite du vent.
Ecclésiaste 4:4 / Segond
4. J'ai vu que tout travail et toute habileté dans le travail n'est que jalousie de l'homme à l'égard de son prochain. C'est encore là une vanité et la poursuite du vent.
Ecclésiaste 4:4 / Darby_Fr
4. Et j'ai vu tout le labeur et toute l'habileté dans le travail: que c'est une jalousie de l'un contre l'autre. Cela aussi est vanité et poursuite du vent.
Ecclésiaste 4:4 / Martin
4. Puis j'ai regardé tout le travail, et l'adresse de chaque métier, [et j'ai vu] que l'un porte envie à l'autre; cela aussi est une vanité, et un rongement d'esprit.
Ecclésiaste 4:4 / Ostervald
4. J'ai vu aussi que tout travail et toute habileté dans le travail n'est que jalousie de l'un à l'égard de l'autre. Cela aussi est une vanité et un tourment d'esprit.

Versions with Strong Codes

Ecclesiastes 4 / KJV_Strong
4. Again, I[H589] considered[H7200] [H853] all[H3605] travail,[H5999] and every[H3605] right[H3788] work,[H4639] that[H3588] for this[H1931] a man[H376] is envied[H7068] of his neighbor.[H4480] [H7453] This[H2088] is also[H1571] vanity[H1892] and vexation[H7469] of spirit.[H7307]

Strong Code definitions

H589 'aniy an-ee' contracted from H595; I:--I, (as for) me, mine, myself, we, X which, X who.see H595

H7200 ra'ah raw-aw' a primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative):--advise self, appear, approve, behold, X certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, X indeed, X joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, X be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), X sight of others, (e-)spy, stare, X surely, X think, view, visions.

H853 'eth ayth apparent contracted from H226 in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely):--(as such unrepresented in English). see H226

H3605 kol kole or (Jer. 33:8) kowl {kole}; from H3634; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense):--(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-)thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).

H5999 `amal aw-mawl' from H5998; toil, i.e. wearing effort; hence, worry, wheth. of body or mind:--grievance(-vousness), iniquity, labour, mischief, miserable(-sery), pain(-ful), perverseness, sorrow, toil, travail, trouble, wearisome, wickedness.see H5998

H3605 kol kole or (Jer. 33:8) kowl {kole}; from H3634; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense):--(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-)thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).

H3788 kishrown kish-rone' from H3787; success, advantage:--equity, good, right. see H3787

H4639 ma`aseh mah-as-eh' from H6213; an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically,a poem) or (generally) property:--act, art, + bakemeat, business, deed, do(-ing), labor, thing made, ware of making, occupation, thing offered, operation, possession, X well, ((handy-, needle-, net-))work(ing, - manship), wrought.see H6213

H3588 kiy kee a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedentor consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed:--and, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-)as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al- )though, + till, truly, + until, when,whether, while, whom, yea, yet.

H1931 huw' hoo of which the feminine (beyond the Pentateuch) is hiyw {he}; a primitive word, the third person pronoun singular, he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are:--he, as for her, him(-self),it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.

H376 'iysh eesh contracted for H582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant); a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed intranslation):--also, another, any (man), a certain, + champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-,husband-)man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), + none, one, people, person, + steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare 802.see H582 see H802

H7068 qin'ah kin-aw' from H7065; jealousy or envy:--envy(-ied), jealousy, X sake, zeal.see H7065

H4480 min min or minniy {min-nee'}; or minney (constructive plural){min-nay'}; (Isaiah 30:11); for H4482; properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses (as follows):--above, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, X neither, X nor, (out) of, over, since, X then, through, X whether, with.see H4482

H7453 rea` ray'-ah or reya2 {ray'-ah}; from H7462; an associate (more or less close):--brother, companion, fellow, friend, husband, lover, neighbour, X (an-)other.see Hreya2 see H7462

H2088 zeh zeh a primitive word; the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that:--he, X hence, X here, it(-self), X now, X of him, the one...the other, X than the other, (X out of) the (self) same, such (a one) that, these, this (hath, man), on this side...on that side, X thus, very, which. Compare 2063, 2090, 2097, 2098.see H2063 see H2090 see H2097 see H2098

H1571 gam gam properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and:--again, alike, also, (so much) as (soon), both (so)...and , but, either...or, even, for all, (in) likewise (manner), moreover, nay...neither, one, then(-refore), though, what, with, yea.

H1892 hebel heh'bel or (rarely in the abs.) habel {hab-ale'}; from H1891; emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb:--X altogether, vain, vanity.see H1891

H7469 r`uwth reh-ooth' probably from H7462; a feeding upon, i.e. grasping after:--vexation.see H7462

H7307 ruwach roo'-akh from H7306; wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions):--air, anger, blast, breath, X cool, courage, mind, X quarter, X side, spirit((-ual)), tempest, X vain, ((whirl-))wind(-y).see H7306

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