Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For what else hath a man, of all the labor that he taketh 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
Bible in Basic English
What is a man profited by all his work which he does under the sun?
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?
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 but vanity - sayeth the Preacher - all is but plain vanity. 3 For what else hath a man, of all the labor that he taketh under the Sun? 4 One generation passeth away, another cometh, but the earth abideth still.
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 2:11
But when I considered all the works that my hands had wrought, and all the labours that I had taken therein: Lo, all was vanity and vexation of mind, and nothing of any value under the Sun.
Ecclesiastes 3:9
What else hath a man that doth anything, but weariness and labour?
Ecclesiastes 5:16
This is a miserable plague, that he shall go away even as he came. What helpeth him then, that he hath labored in the wind?
Ecclesiastes 2:22
For what getteth a man of all the labor and travail of his mind, that he taketh under the Sun,
Proverbs 23:4-5
Take not over great travail and labour to be rich, beware of such a purpose.
Ecclesiastes 2:19
For who knoweth, whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? And yet shall he be lord of all my labours, which I with such wisdom have taken under the Sun. Is not this a vain thing?
Ecclesiastes 4:3
Yea, him that is yet unborn to be better at ease than they both, because he seeth not the miserable works that are done under the Sun.
Ecclesiastes 4:7
Moreover, I turned me, and behold yet another vanity under the Sun.
Ecclesiastes 5:18
Therefore me think it a better and fairer thing, a man to eat and drink, and to be refreshed of all his labour that he taketh under the Sun all the days of his life which God giveth him: for this is his portion.
Ecclesiastes 6:12
For who knoweth what is good for man living, in the days of his vain life, which is but a shadow? Or, who will tell a man what shall happen after him under the Sun?
Ecclesiastes 7:11
Wisdom is better than riches; yea, much more worth than the eyesight.
Ecclesiastes 8:15-17
Therefore I commend gladness, because a man hath no better thing under the Sun, than to eat and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall he have of his labour all the days of his life, which God giveth him under the Sun.
Ecclesiastes 9:3
Among all things that come to pass under the Sun, this is a mystery, that it happeneth unto all alike. This is the cause also that the hearts of men are full of wickedness, and mad foolishness is in their hearts, as long as they live, until they die.
Ecclesiastes 9:6
so that they be neither loved, hated nor envied: neither have they anymore part in the world, in all that is done under the Sun.
Ecclesiastes 9:13
This wisdom have I seen also under the Sun, and me thought it a great thing.
Isaiah 55:2
Wherefore do ye lay out your money, for the thing that feedeth not, and spend your labour about the thing that satisfieth you not? But hearken rather unto me, and ye shall eat of the best, and your soul shall have her pleasure in plenteousness.
Habakkuk 2:13
Shall not the LORD of Hosts bring this to pass, that the laborers of the people shall be burnt with a great fire, and that the thing whereupon the people have wearied themselves, shall be lost?
Habakkuk 2:18
What help then will the Image do, whom the workman hath fashioned? Or the vain cast Image, wherein because the craftsmen putteth his trust, therefore maketh he dumb Idols?
Matthew 16:26
What shall it profit a man, though he should win all the whole world, if he lose his own soul? Or else, what shall a man give to redeem his soul again withal?
Mark 8:36-37
What shall it profit a man, if he should win all the world and lose his own soul?
John 6:27
Labor not for the meat which perisheth, but for the meat that endureth unto everlasting life, which meat the son of man shall give unto you. For him hath God the father sealed."