It is vain for you to rise up early,\par\tab To take rest late,\par\tab To eat the bread of toil;\par\tab {\i For} so he giveth unto his beloved sleep.
Ecclesiastes 2:22 - American Standard Version 2015 For what hath a man of all his labor, and of the striving of his heart, wherein he laboreth under the sun? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition 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? American Standard Version (1901) For what hath a man of all his labor, and of the striving of his heart, wherein he laboreth under the sun? Common English Bible I mean, What do people get for all their hard work and struggles under the sun? Catholic Public Domain Version For how can a man benefit from all his labor and affliction of spirit, by which he has been tormented under the sun? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For what profit shall a man have of all his labour, and vexation of spirit, with which he hath been tormented under the sun? |
It is vain for you to rise up early,\par\tab To take rest late,\par\tab To eat the bread of toil;\par\tab {\i For} so he giveth unto his beloved sleep.
The appetite of the laboring man laboreth for him;\par\tab For his mouth urgeth him {\i thereto}.
What profit hath man of all his labor wherein he laboreth under the sun?
Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labor that I had labored to do; and, behold, all was vanity and a striving after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.\par
Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and striving after wind.\par
There is one that is alone, and he hath not a second; yea, he hath neither son nor brother; yet is there no end of all his labor, neither are his eyes satisfied with riches. For whom then, {\i saith he}, do I labor, and deprive my soul of good? This also is vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.
All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he is sore vexed, and hath sickness and wrath.\par
Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be joyful: for that shall abide with him in his labor {\i all} the days of his life which God hath given him under the sun.\par
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?
Therefore I say unto you, Be not anxious for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than the food, and the body than the raiment?
Be not therefore anxious for the morrow: for the morrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.}\par
And he said unto his disciples, {\cf6 Therefore I say unto you, Be not anxious for {\i your} life, what ye shall eat; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on.
And seek not ye what ye shall eat, and what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind.
that ye also be in subjection unto such, and to every one that helpeth in the work and laboreth.
In nothing be anxious; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.