22For what has man of all his labor, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he has labored under the sun?


In Context

19 And who knows whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labor wherein I have labored, and wherein I have showed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.

20 Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labor which I took under the sun.

21 For there is a man whose labor is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that has not labored therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.

22 For what has man of all his labor, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he has labored under the sun?

23 For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yes, his heart takes not rest in the night. This is also vanity.

24 There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labor. This also I saw, that it was from the hand of God.

Ecclesiastes 2:22 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:22For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:22What does a man get for all the toil and anxious striving with which he labors under the sun?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:22For what profit shall a man have of all his labour, and vexation of spirit, with which he bath been tormented under the sun?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:22For what hath a man of all his labor, and of the striving of his heart, wherein he laboreth under the sun?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:22For what will man have of all his labour and of the striving of his heart, wherewith he hath wearied himself under the sun?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:22For what hath a man of all his labour, and of the striving of his heart, wherein he laboureth under the sun?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:22For what hath man of all his labor, and of the vexation of his heart, in which he hath labored under the sun?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:22For what has a man of all his labor, and of the striving of his heart, in which he labors under the sun?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:22For what hath been to a man by all his labour, and by the thought of his heart that he laboured at under the sun?