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


In Context

19 Who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will have rule over all of my labor in which I have labored, and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.

20 Therefore I began to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor in which I had labored under the sun.

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

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

23 For all his days are sorrows, and his travail is grief; yes, even in the night his heart takes no rest. This also is vanity.

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

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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