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Ecclesiastes 1:3

American Standard Version

What profit hath man of all his labor wherein he laboreth under the sun?

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Ecclesiastes 1:3 in other translations

What does man gain from all his labor in which he labors under the sun?

Ecclesiastes 1:3 · World English Bible

Ecclesiastes 1:3 in context

  1. 1The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
  2. 2Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher; vanity of vanities, all is vanity.
  3. 3What profit hath man of all his labor wherein he laboreth under the sun?
  4. 4One generation goeth, and another generation cometh; but the earth abideth for ever.
  5. 5The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to its place where it ariseth.