Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
What profit hath he that worketh, in that wherein, himself, hath toiled?
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?
Holman Bible
What does the worker gain from his struggles?
International Standard Version
What benefit does the worker gain from what he undertakes?
A Conservative Version
What profit has he who works in that in which he labors?
American Standard Version
What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboreth?
Amplified
What profit is there for the worker from that in which he labors?
Bible in Basic English
What profit has the worker in the work which he does?
Darby Translation
What profit hath he that worketh from that wherein he laboureth?
Julia Smith Translation
What the excellence of him working in what he labored?
King James 2000
What profit has he that works in that in which he labors?
Lexham Expanded Bible
What does the worker gain in his toil?
Modern King James verseion
What profit does he have who works in that in which he labors?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
What else hath a man that doth anything, but weariness and labour?
NET Bible
What benefit can a worker gain from his toil?
New Heart English Bible
What profit has he who works in that in which he labors?
Webster
What profit hath he that worketh in that in which he laboreth?
World English Bible
What profit has he who works in that in which he labors?
Youngs Literal Translation
What advantage hath the doer in that which he is labouring at?
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Ecclesiastes 3:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
God Has Ordained The Ebb And Flow Of Human Activities
8 A time to love and a time to hate, - A time of war, and a time of peace. 9 What profit hath he that worketh, in that wherein, himself, hath toiled? 10 I looked at the employment which God hath given to the sons of men, to work therein:
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 1:3
What profit hath Man, in all his toil wherewith he toileth under the sun?
Ecclesiastes 2:11
When, I, looked upon all my works, which my hands had made, and on my toil, whereon I had toilsomely wrought, then lo! all, was vanity, and feeding on wind, and there was no profit under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 5:16
Even this, moreover, is an incurable evil, altogether as he came, so, shall he depart, - what profit then shall he have who toileth for the wind?
Proverbs 14:23
By all labour, there will be abundance, but, the talk of the lips, tendeth only to want.
Ecclesiastes 2:22-23
For what hath the man for all his toil, and for the striving of his heart, - wherein, he himself, toiled under the sun?
Matthew 16:26
For what shall a man be profited, though, the whole world, he gain, and, his life, he forfeit? Or what shall a man give, in exchange for his life?