Ecclesiastes 1:3 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

³ What profit hath man of all his labour wherein he laboureth under the sun?

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ What profit does man have left from all his toil at which he toils under the sun? [Is life worth living?]

American Standard Version (1901)

³ What profit hath man of all his labor wherein he laboreth under the sun?

Common English Bible

³ What do people gain from all the hard work that they work so hard at under the sun?

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ What more does a man have from all his labor, as he labors under the sun?

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³ What hath a man more of all his labour, that he taketh under the sun?

Ecclesiastes 1:3 Cross References

Ecclesiastes 2:11

Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and a striving after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 2:18

And I hated all my labour wherein I laboured under the sun: seeing that I must leave it unto the man that shall be after me.

Ecclesiastes 2:19

And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed wisdom under the sun. This also is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 2:22

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

Ecclesiastes 3:9

What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?

Ecclesiastes 4:3

yea, better than them both did I esteem him which hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 4:7

Then I returned and saw vanity under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 5:16

And this also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that he laboureth for the wind?

Ecclesiastes 5:18

Behold, that which I have seen to be good and to be comely is for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labour, wherein he laboureth under the sun, all the days of his life which God hath given him: for this is his portion.

Ecclesiastes 6:12

For who knoweth what is good for man in his life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?

Ecclesiastes 7:11

Wisdom is as good as an inheritance: yea, more excellent is it for them that see the sun.

Ecclesiastes 9:13

I have also seen wisdom under the sun on this wise, and it seemed great unto me:

Ecclesiastes 9:3

This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea also, the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.

Ecclesiastes 9:6

As well their love, as their hatred and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun.

Isaiah 55:2

Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.

Habakkuk 2:13

Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts that the peoples labour for the fire, and the nations weary themselves for vanity?

Habakkuk 2:18

What profiteth the graven image, that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and the teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?

Matthew 16:26

For what shall a man be profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and forfeit his life? or what shall a man give in exchange for his life?

John 6:27

Work not for the meat which perisheth, but for the meat which abideth unto eternal life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him the Father, even God, hath sealed.

1 Corinthians 16:16

that ye also be in subjection unto such, and to every one that helpeth in the work and laboureth.