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


In Context

1 The words of the Teacher, son of David, king in Jerusalem:

2 "Meaningless! Meaningless!" says the Teacher. "Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless."

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

4 Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever.

5 The sun rises and the sun sets, and hurries back to where it rises.

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 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?

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:3What profit has a man of all his labor which he takes under the sun?