What does it mean to "toil for the wind"?
Ecclesiastes 5:16
ESV - 16 This also is a grievous evil: just as he came, so shall he go, and what gain is there to him who toils for the wind?
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Asked August 16 2014
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Bren Stewart
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vanessa pannuti
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I think it means to engage in activities that will hinder our spiritual life instead of developing it. All the works that are perishable and vain.
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