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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.12
  1. every…: Heb. all the rightness of work
  2. for this…: Heb. this is the envy of a man from his neighbour
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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.
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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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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.
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Also I beheld all trauaile, and all perfection of workes that this is ye enuie of a man against his neighbour: this also is vanitie and vexation of spirit.
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Then I saw all labor and every skilful work, that for this a man is envied by his neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.
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Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbor. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.
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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.
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I saw that all labor and success spring from a man’s envy of his neighbor. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
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Again, I considered all labour and all excelling in work, that it is a man's rivalry with his neighbour. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.
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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.
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¶ 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.
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I also realized that all of the toil and all of the skillful work that is done—it is envy between one man and ⌞another⌟.1 This also is vanity and chasing wind!
  1. Literally “his friend”
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And I considered every labor, and every advantage of the work, that it is the envy of a man against his neighbor; this is also vanity and striving after wind.
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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.
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Then I saw all the labor and achievement that is the envy of a man's neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.
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Then I saw all the labor and achievement that is the envy of a man's neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.
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Then I saw all the labor and achievement that is the envy of a man's neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.
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And I saw all labor, and all success in work, that for this a man is envied by his neighbor. This also is vanity, and striving after wind.
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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.12
  1. every…: Heb. all the rightness of work.
  2. for this…: Heb. this is the envy of a man from his neighbour.
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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.
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Then saw, I, all the toil and all the skill of the work, that, for this, a man was envied of his neighbour,—even this, was vanity, and a feeding on wind.
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Again, I considered all labour, and every right work, that for this a man is envied by his neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.12
  1. every...: Heb. all the rightness of work
  2. for this...: Heb. this is the envy of a man from his neighbour
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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.
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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.

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Again I considered all the labours of men, and I remarked that their industries are exposed to the envy of their neighbour: so in this also there is vanity, and fruitless care.
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Again, I was contemplating all the labors of men. And I took notice that their endeavors are open to the envy of their neighbor. And so, in this, too, there is emptiness and superfluous anxiety.

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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.12
  1. every…: Heb. all the rightness of work
  2. for this…: Heb. this is the envy of a man from his neighbour

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