Ecclesiastes 1:3

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

What profit {H3504} hath a man {H120} of all his labour {H5999} which he taketh {H5998} under the sun {H8121}?

What does a person gain from all his labor at which he toils under the sun?

What does a man gain from all his labor, at which he toils under the sun?

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

Commentary

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Cross-References

  • Ecclesiastes 3:9 (8 votes)

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

  • Ecclesiastes 2:11 (7 votes)

    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 vexation of spirit, and [there was] no profit under the sun.

  • Ecclesiastes 2:22 (7 votes)

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

  • Ecclesiastes 5:16 (7 votes)

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

  • John 6:27 (6 votes)

    Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.

  • Mark 8:36 (6 votes)

    For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?

  • Mark 8:37 (6 votes)

    Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?