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?


In Context

19 And who knoweth whether he is wise or foolish? yet he doth rule over all my labour that I have laboured at, and that I have done wisely under the sun! this also is vanity.

20 And I turned round to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labour that I laboured at under the sun.

21 For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity, and to a man who hath not laboured therein he giveth it — his portion! Even this is vanity and a great evil.

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

23 For all his days are sorrows, and his travail sadness; even at night his heart hath not lain down; this also is vanity.

24 There is nothing good in a man who eateth, and hath drunk, and hath shewn his soul good in his labour. This also I have seen 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 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 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?