3What profit has a man of all his labor which he takes under the sun?


In Context

1 The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.

2 Vanity of vanities, said the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.

3 What profit has a man of all his labor which he takes under the sun?

4 One generation passes away, and another generation comes: but the earth stays for ever.

5 The sun also rises, and the sun goes down, and hastens to his place where he arose.

Ecclesiastes 1:3 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:3What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:3What does man gain from all his labor at which he toils under the sun?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:3What profit hath man of all his labour wherewith he laboureth under the sun?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:3What hath a man more of all his labour, that he taketh under the sun?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:3What profit hath man of all his labor wherein he laboreth under the sun?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:3What profit hath man of all his labour wherein he laboureth under the sun?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:3What profit hath a man of all his labor, which he taketh under the sun?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:3What does man gain from all his labor in which he labors under the sun?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:3What advantage is to man by all his labour that he laboureth at under the sun?