Ecclesiastes 3:9 - Easy To Read Version

Does a person really gain anything from his hard work? \{No!\}

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

What profit remains for the worker from his toil?

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

What do workers gain from all their hard work?

Catholic Public Domain Version

What more does a man have from his labor?

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

What hath man more of his labour?

Ecclesiastes 3:9 Tagairtí Cros

Proverbs 14:23

If you work hard, then you will have the things you need. But if you do nothing but talk, then you will be poor.

Ecclesiastes 1:3

Do people really gain anything from all the hard work they do in this life? {\cf2\super [2]} \{No!\}

Ecclesiastes 2:11

But then I looked at all the things I had done. I thought about all the hard work I did. I decided it was all a waste of time! It was like trying to catch the wind. {\cf2\super [8]} There is nothing to gain from all the things we do in this life.

Ecclesiastes 5:16

That is very sad. He will leave the world the same way he came. So, what does a person gain from his “trying to catch the wind”?

Matthew 16:26

It is worth nothing for a person to have the whole world, if he loses his soul. A person could never pay enough to buy back his soul.

1 Corinthians 16:16

to follow the leading of people like these, and any other person that works and serves with them.