Ecclesiastes 2:22 - Revised Version 1885

For what hath a man of all his labour, and of the striving of his heart, wherein he laboureth under the sun?

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For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?

For what has a man left from all his labor and from the striving and vexation of his heart in which he has toiled under the sun?

For what hath a man of all his labor, and of the striving of his heart, wherein he laboreth under the sun?

I mean, What do people get for all their hard work and struggles under the sun?

For how can a man benefit from all his labor and affliction of spirit, by which he has been tormented under the sun?

For what profit shall a man have of all his labour, and vexation of spirit, with which he hath been tormented under the sun?