Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
What is a man profited by all his work which he does under the sun?
New American Standard Bible
Which he does under the sun?
King James Version
What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?
Holman Bible
that he labors at under the sun?
International Standard Version
What does a man gain from all of the work that he undertakes on earth?
A Conservative Version
What profit has man 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?
Amplified
What advantage does man have from all his work
Which he does
Darby Translation
What profit hath man of all his labour wherewith he laboureth under the sun?
Julia Smith Translation
What the profit to a man in all the labor he will labor under the sun?
King James 2000
What profit has a man of all his labor which he takes under the sun?
Lexham Expanded Bible
What does a person gain in all his toil with which he toils under the sun?
Modern King James verseion
What is the profit to a man in all his labor which he labors under the sun?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For what else hath a man, of all the labor that he taketh under the Sun?
NET Bible
What benefit do people get from all the effort which they expend on earth?
New Heart English Bible
What does man gain from all his labor in which he labors under the sun?
The Emphasized Bible
What profit hath Man, in all his toil wherewith he toileth under the sun?
Webster
What profit hath a man of all his labor, which he taketh under the sun?
World English Bible
What does man gain from all his labor in which he labors under the sun?
Youngs Literal Translation
What advantage is to man by all his labour that he laboureth at under the sun?
Themes
Labour » fields of activity » Worldly, sometimes disappointing
Interlinear
References
Fausets
Word Count of 20 Translations in Ecclesiastes 1:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
All Toil Is Profitless And Repetitious
2 All is to no purpose, said the Preacher, all the ways of man are to no purpose. 3 What is a man profited by all his work which he does under the sun? 4 One generation goes and another comes; but the earth is for ever.
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 2:11
Then I saw all the works which my hands had made, and everything I had been working to do; and I saw that all was to no purpose and desire for wind, and there was no profit under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 3:9
What profit has the worker in the work which he does?
Ecclesiastes 5:16
And this again is a great evil, that in all points as he came so will he go; and what profit has he in working for the wind?
Ecclesiastes 2:22
What does a man get for all his work, and for the weight of care with which he has done his work under the sun?
Proverbs 23:4-5
Take no care to get wealth; let there be an end to your desire for money
Ecclesiastes 2:19
And who is to say if that man will be wise or foolish? But he will have power over all my work which I have done and in which I have been wise under the sun. This again is to no purpose.
Ecclesiastes 4:3
Yes, happier than the dead or the living seemed he who has not ever been, who has not seen the evil which is done under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 4:7
Then I came back, and I saw an example of what is to no purpose under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 5:18
This is what I have seen: it is good and fair for a man to take meat and drink and to have joy in all his work under the sun, all the days of his life which God has given him; that is his reward.
Ecclesiastes 6:12
Who is able to say what is good for man in life all the days of his foolish life which he goes through like a shade? who will say what is to be after him under the sun?
Ecclesiastes 7:11
Wisdom together with a heritage is good, and a profit to those who see the sun.
Ecclesiastes 8:15-17
So I gave praise to joy, because there is nothing better for a man to do under the sun than to take meat and drink and be happy; for that will be with him in his work all the days of his life which God gives him under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 9:3
This is evil in all things which are done under the sun: that there is one fate for all, and the hearts of the sons of men are full of evil; while they have life their hearts are foolish, and after that--to the dead.
Ecclesiastes 9:6
Their love and their hate and their envy are now ended; and they have no longer a part for ever in anything which is done under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 9:13
This again I have seen under the sun as wisdom and it seemed great to me.
Isaiah 55:2
Why do you give your money for what is not bread, and the fruit of your work for what will not give you pleasure? Give ear to me, so that your food may be good, and you may have the best in full measure.
Habakkuk 2:13
See, is it not the pleasure of the Lord of armies that the peoples are working for the fire and using themselves up for nothing?
Habakkuk 2:18
What profit is the pictured image to its maker? and as for the metal image, the false teacher, why does its maker put his faith in it, making false gods without a voice?
Matthew 16:26
For what profit has a man, if he gets all the world with the loss of his life? or what will a man give in exchange for his life?
Mark 8:36-37
What profit has a man if he gets all the world with the loss of his life?
John 6:27
Let your work not be for the food which comes to an end, but for the food which goes on for eternal life, which the Son of man will give to you, for on him has God the Father put his mark.