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Ecclesiastes 1:3

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

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Ecclesiastes 1:3 in other translations

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

Ecclesiastes 1:3 · American Standard Version

Ecclesiastes 1:3 in context

  1. 1The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem:
  2. 2“Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher; “Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.”
  3. 3What does man gain from all his labor in which he labors under the sun?
  4. 4One generation goes, and another generation comes; but the earth remains forever.
  5. 5The sun also rises, and the sun goes down, and hurries to its place where it rises.