Ecclesiastes 1:3
What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?
Ecclesiastes 1:3 in other translations
| BSB | What does a man gain from all his labor, at which he toils under the sun? |
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| WEB | What does man gain from all his labor in which he labors under the sun? |
| ASV | What profit hath man of all his labor wherein he laboreth under the sun? |
| YLT | What advantage is to man by all his labour that he laboureth at under the sun? |
| DARBY | What profit hath man of all his labour wherewith he laboureth under the sun? |
| BBE | What is a man profited by all his work which he does under the sun? |
| Webster | What profit hath a man of all his labor, which he taketh under the sun? |
What does Ecclesiastes 1:3 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ecclesiastes 1:1-3
Solomon shows that all human things are vain. (Eccl. 1:1-3) Man's toil and want of satisfaction. (Eccl. 1:4-8) There is nothing new. (Eccl. 1:9-11) The vexation in pursuit of knowledge. (Eccl. 1:12-18) Verses 1-3 Much is to be learned by comparing one part of Scripture with another. We here behold Solomon returning from the broken and empty cisterns of the world, to the Fountain of living water; recording his own…
Ecclesiastes 1:3 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Ecclesiastes 1:3
- Ecclesiastes 3:9
What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?
- Ecclesiastes 5:16
And this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind?
- Ecclesiastes 2:22
For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?
- Mark 8:36-37
For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
- Ecclesiastes 2:11
Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
- John 6:27
Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.
- Proverbs 23:4-5
Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom. Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
- Ecclesiastes 2:19
And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.
- Isaiah 55:2
Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
- Matthew 16:26
For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
- Ecclesiastes 8:15-17
Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun. When I applied mine heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth: (for also there is that neither day nor night seeth sleep with his eyes:) Then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because though a man labour to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea further; though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.
- Habakkuk 2:13
Behold, is it not of the Lord of hosts that the people shall labour in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for very vanity?
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Context
- Ecclesiastes 1:2
Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.
- Ecclesiastes 1:3
What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?
- Ecclesiastes 1:4
One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.
Ecclesiastes 1:3 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | ¿Qué provecho tiene el hombre de todo su trabajo con que se afana debajo del sol? |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Quel profit a l’homme de tout son labeur dont il se tourmente sous le soleil? |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Welchen Gewinn hat der Mensch bei all seiner Mühe, womit er sich abmüht unter der Sonne? |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Quid habet amplius homo de universo labore suo quo laborat sub sole? |