Ecclesiastes 5:16
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
This too is a grievous evil: Exactly as a man is born, so he will depart. What does he gain as he toils for the wind?

Young's Literal Translation
And this also [is] a painful evil, just as he came, so he goeth, and what advantage{.htm" title="{"> [is] to him who laboureth for wind?

King James Bible
And this also [is] a sore evil, [that] in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind?

Hebrew
This
זֹה֙ (zōh)
Pronoun - feminine singular
Strong's 2090: This, that

too
וְגַם־ (wə·ḡam-)
Conjunctive waw | Conjunction
Strong's 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and

is a grievous
חוֹלָ֔ה (ḥō·w·lāh)
Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular
Strong's 2470: To be weak or sick

evil:
רָעָ֣ה (rā·‘āh)
Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's 7451: Bad, evil

Exactly as
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

a man is born,
שֶׁבָּ֖א (šeb·bā)
Pronoun - relative | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

so
כֵּ֣ן (kên)
Adverb
Strong's 3651: So -- thus

he will depart.
יֵלֵ֑ךְ (yê·lêḵ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk

What
וּמַה־ (ū·mah-)
Conjunctive waw | Interrogative
Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

does he gain
יִּתְר֣וֹן (yiṯ·rō·wn)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3504: Preeminence, gain

as he toils
שֶֽׁיַּעֲמֹ֖ל (še·ya·‘ă·mōl)
Pronoun - relative | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5998: To toil, work severely and with irksomeness

for the wind?
לָרֽוּחַ׃ (lā·rū·aḥ)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - common singular
Strong's 7307: Wind, breath, exhalation, life, anger, unsubstantiality, a region of the sky, spirit

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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