Ecclesiastes 4:4
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
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.

Young's Literal 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.

King James Bible
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.

Hebrew
I
אֲנִ֜י (’ă·nî)
Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's 589: I

saw
וְרָאִ֨יתִֽי (wə·rā·’î·ṯî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 7200: To see

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

labor
עָמָ֗ל (‘ā·māl)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5999: Toil, wearing effort, worry, wheth, of body, mind

and
וְאֵת֙ (wə·’êṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker
Strong's 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case

success
כִּשְׁר֣וֹן (kiš·rō·wn)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3788: Success, advantage

spring from
כִּ֛י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

a man’s
אִ֖ישׁ (’îš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

envy
קִנְאַת־ (qin·’aṯ-)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 7068: Ardor, zeal, jealousy

of his neighbor.
מֵרֵעֵ֑הוּ (mê·rê·‘ê·hū)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 7453: Friend, companion, fellow

This
זֶ֥ה (zeh)
Pronoun - masculine singular
Strong's 2088: This, that

too
גַּם־ (gam-)
Conjunction
Strong's 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and

is futile
הֶ֖בֶל (he·ḇel)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1892: Emptiness, vanity, transitory, unsatisfactory

and a pursuit
וּרְע֥וּת (ū·rə·‘ūṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 7469: A feeding upon, grasping after

of the wind.
רֽוּחַ׃ (rū·aḥ)
Noun - common singular
Strong's 7307: Wind, breath, exhalation, life, anger, unsubstantiality, a region of the sky, spirit

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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