Ecclesiastes 3:9
“What profite hath hee that worketh, in that wherein he laboureth?”
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Ecclesiastes 3:9 Context
7A time to rent, and a time to sow: a time to keepe silence, and a time to speake. 8A time to loue, and a time to hate: a time of warre, and a time of peace. 9What profite hath hee that worketh, in that wherein he laboureth? 10I haue seene the trauaile which God hath giuen to the sonnes of men, to be exercised in it. 11He hath made euery thing beautifull in his time: also hee hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can finde out the worke that God maketh from the beginning to the end.
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Other Translations
What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?
- King James Version
What profit is there to the worker from that in which he toils?
- New American Standard Version (1995)
What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboreth?
- American Standard Version (1901)
What profit has the worker in the work which he does?
- Basic English Bible
What profit hath he that worketh from that wherein he laboureth?
- Darby Bible
What profit hath he that worketh in that in which he laboreth?
- Webster's Bible
What profit has he who works in that in which he labors?
- World English Bible
What advantage hath the doer in that which he is labouring at?
- Youngs Literal Bible
What profit hath he that worketh in that he laboureth?
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
- King James Version
What profit is there to the worker from that in which he toils?
- New American Standard Version (1995)
What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboreth?
- American Standard Version (1901)
What profit has the worker in the work which he does?
- Basic English Bible
What profit hath he that worketh from that wherein he laboureth?
- Darby Bible
What profit hath he that worketh in that in which he laboreth?
- Webster's Bible
What profit has he who works in that in which he labors?
- World English Bible
What advantage hath the doer in that which he is labouring at?
- Youngs Literal Bible
What profit hath he that worketh in that he laboureth?
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Bible commentary
Wesley's Notes for Ecclesiastes 3:9
3:9 What profit - Seeing then all events are out of man's power, and no man can do or enjoy any thing at his pleasure, but only when God pleaseth, as has been shewed in many particulars, and is as true and certain in all others, hence it follows, that all men's labours, without God's blessing, are unprofitable, and utterly insufficient to make them happy.