Ecclesiastes 1:3 “What does a man gain from all his labor, at which he toils under the s…”

Ecclesiastes 1:3

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

What remaineth vnto man in all his trauaile, which he suffereth vnder ye sunne?

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

What advantage [is] to man by all his labour that he laboureth at under the sun?

Bible in Basic English

What is a man profited by all his work which he does under the sun?

.mt-body { max-height: none !important; -webkit-mask-image: none !important; mask-image: none !important; } .mt-bar { display: none !important; } .o-trans::after { display: block !important; }

Cross references

“profit”

Ecclesiastes 3:9 Ecclesiastes 2:22 Ecclesiastes 5:16 John 6:27 Isaiah 55:2 Matthew 16:26

Ecclesiastes 3:9 · BSB

What does the worker gain from his toil?

Ecclesiastes 2:22 · BSB

For what does a man get for all the toil and striving with which he labors under the sun?

Ecclesiastes 5:16 · BSB

This too is a grievous affliction: Exactly as a man is born, so he will depart. What does he gain as he toils for the wind?

John 6:27 · BSB

Do not work for food that perishes, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on Him God the Father has placed His seal of approval.”

Isaiah 55:2 · BSB

Why spend money on that which is not bread, and your labor on that which does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of foods.

Matthew 16:26 · BSB

What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?

“under”

Ecclesiastes 2:11 Ecclesiastes 2:19 Ecclesiastes 8:15–17 Ecclesiastes 4:3 Ecclesiastes 5:18 Ecclesiastes 6:12

Ecclesiastes 2:11 · BSB

Yet when I considered all the works that my hands had accomplished and what I had toiled to achieve, I found everything to be futile, a pursuit of the wind; there was nothing to be gained under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 2:19 · BSB

And who knows whether that man will be wise or foolish? Yet he will take over all the labor at which I have worked skillfully under the sun. This too is futile.

Ecclesiastes 8:15–17 · BSB

So I commended the enjoyment of life, because there is nothing better for a man under the sun than to eat and drink and be merry. For this joy will accompany him in his labor during the days of his life that God gives hi…

Ecclesiastes 4:3 · BSB

But better than both is he who has not yet existed, who has not seen the evil that is done under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 5:18 · BSB

Here is what I have seen to be good and fitting: to eat and drink, and to find satisfaction in all the labor one does under the sun during the few days of life that God has given him—for this is his lot.

Ecclesiastes 6:12 · BSB

For who knows what is good for a man during the few days in which he passes through his fleeting life like a shadow? Who can tell a man what will come after him under the sun?

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2“Futility of futilities,” says the Teacher, “futility of futilities! Everything is futile!”

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

Read Ecclesiastes 1