Ecclesiastes 1:3 - The Scriptures 1998

³ What does man gain from all his labour in which he toils under the sun?

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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?

Ecclesiastes 1:3 Cross References

Ecclesiastes 2:11

But when I looked on all the works that my hands had done and on the labour in which I had toiled, see, all was futile and feeding on wind, and there was no gain under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 2:18

And I hated all my labour in which I had toiled under the sun, because I leave it to a man who would come after me.

Ecclesiastes 2:19

And who knows whether he is wise or foolish? Yet he shall rule over all my labour in which I toiled and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. That too is futile.

Ecclesiastes 2:22

For what does a man get for all his labour and strain of his heart with which he has toiled under the sun?

Ecclesiastes 3:9

What does the worker gain from his toil?

Ecclesiastes 4:3

And better than both is he who has never existed, who has not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 4:7

Then I looked again at futility under the sun:

Ecclesiastes 5:16

And this too is a grievous evil – exactly as he came, so he goes. And what gain has he since he toiled for the wind?

Ecclesiastes 5:18

See what I have seen: It is good and pleasant for one to eat and drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour in which he toils under the sun all the days of his life which Elohim gives him, for it is his portion.

Ecclesiastes 6:12

For who knows what is good for man in life, all the days of his futile life, which he passes like a shadow? For who declares to man what shall be after him, under the sun?

Ecclesiastes 7:11

Wisdom is good with an inheritance, and an advantage to those who see the sun.

Ecclesiastes 9:13

Also this I saw as wisdom under the sun, and it is great to me:

Ecclesiastes 9:3

This is an evil in all that is done under the sun: there is one event to all. Truly the hearts of the sons of men are filled with evil, and madness is in their hearts while they live, and then – to the dead!

Ecclesiastes 9:6

Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy have now perished; and they no longer have a share in all that is done under the sun.

Isaiah 55:2

“Why do you weigh out silver for what is not bread, and your labour for what does not satisfy? Listen, listen to Me, and eat what is good, and let your being delight itself in fatness.

Habakkuk 2:13

“See, it is not from יהוה  of hosts that peoples labour only for fire, and nations weary themselves for naught,

Habakkuk 2:18

“Of what use shall a carved image be? For its maker has carved it: a moulded image and teacher of falsehood! For the maker trusts what he has made: to make dumb idols!

Matthew 16:26

“For what is a man profited if he gains all the world, and loses his own life? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his life?

John 6:27

“Do not labour for the food that is perishing, but for the food that is remaining to everlasting life, which the Son of Aḏ

1 Corinthians 16:16

that you also be subject to such, and to everyone who works and labours with us.