Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version What do people get for all the toil and anxious striving with which they labor under the sun? New Living Translation So what do people get in this life for all their hard work and anxiety? English Standard Version What has a man from all the toil and striving of heart with which he toils beneath the sun? Berean Study Bible For what does a man get for all the toil and striving with which he labors under the sun? New American Standard Bible For what does a man get in all his labor and in his striving with which he labors under the sun? New King James Version For what has man for all his labor, and for the striving of his heart with which he has toiled under the sun? King James Bible For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun? Christian Standard Bible For what does a person get with all his work and all his efforts that he labors at under the sun? Contemporary English Version What do we really gain from all of our hard work? Good News Translation You work and worry your way through life, and what do you have to show for it? Holman Christian Standard Bible For what does a man get with all his work and all his efforts that he labors at under the sun? International Standard Version For what does a person gain from everything that he accomplishes and from his inner life struggles that he undergoes while working on earth? NET Bible What does a man acquire from all his labor and from the anxiety that accompanies his toil on earth? New Heart English Bible For what has a man of all his labor, and of the striving of his heart, in which he labors under the sun? A Faithful Version For what has man from all his labor, and from the striving of his heart, in which he has labored under the sun? GOD'S WORD® Translation What do people get from all of their hard work and struggles under the sun? JPS Tanakh 1917 For what hath a man of all his labour, and of the striving of his heart, wherein he laboureth under the sun? New American Standard 1977 For what does a man get in all his labor and in his striving with which he labors under the sun? King James 2000 Bible For what has man for all his labor, and for the striving of his heart, with which he has labored under the sun? American King James Version For what has man of all his labor, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he has labored under the sun? American Standard Version For what hath a man of all his labor, and of the striving of his heart, wherein he laboreth under the sun? Brenton Septuagint Translation For it happens to a man in all his labour, and in the purpose of his heart wherein he labours under the sun. Douay-Rheims Bible For what profit shall a man have of all his labour, and vexation of spirit, with which he bath been tormented under the sun? Darby Bible Translation For what will man have of all his labour and of the striving of his heart, wherewith he hath wearied himself under the sun? English Revised Version For what hath a man of all his labour, and of the striving of his heart, wherein he laboureth under the sun? Webster's Bible Translation For what hath man of all his labor, and of the vexation of his heart, in which he hath labored under the sun? World English Bible For what has a man of all his labor, and of the striving of his heart, in which he labors under the sun? Young's Literal Translation For what hath been to a man by all his labour, and by the thought of his heart that he laboured at under the sun? Study Bible The Futility of Work…21When there is a man who has labored with wisdom, knowledge, and skill, and he must give his portion to a man who has not worked for it, this too is futile and a great evil. 22For what does a man get for all the toil and striving with which he labors under the sun?23Indeed, all his days are filled with grief, and his task is sorrowful; even at night, his mind does not rest. This too is futile.… Cross References 1 Corinthians 16:16 to submit to such as these, and to every fellow worker and laborer. Ecclesiastes 1:3 What does a man gain from all his labor, at which he toils under the sun? Ecclesiastes 2:11 Yet when I considered all the works that my hands had accomplished and what I had toiled to achieve, I found everything to be futile, a pursuit of the wind; there was nothing to be gained under the sun. Treasury of Scripture For what has man of all his labor, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he has labored under the sun? hath man Ecclesiastes 1:3 What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun? Ecclesiastes 3:9 What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth? Ecclesiastes 5:10,11,17 He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity… and of the Ecclesiastes 4:6,8 Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit… Psalm 127:2 It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep. Matthew 6:11,25,34 Give us this day our daily bread… Lexicon Forכִּ֠י (kî) Conjunction Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction what מֶֽה־ (meh-) Interrogative Strong's Hebrew 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what does a man לָֽאָדָם֙ (lā·’ā·ḏām) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 120: Ruddy, a human being get הֹוֶ֤ה (hō·weh) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1933: To fall for all בְּכָל־ (bə·ḵāl) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every the labor עֲמָל֔וֹ (‘ă·mā·lōw) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5999: Toil, wearing effort, worry, wheth, of body, mind and endeavors וּבְרַעְי֖וֹן (ū·ḇə·ra‘·yō·wn) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 7475: Longing, striving at which שֶׁה֥וּא (še·hū) Pronoun - relative | Pronoun - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are he toils עָמֵ֖ל (‘ā·mêl) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 6001: Toiling, a laborer, sorrowful under תַּ֥חַת (ta·ḥaṯ) Preposition Strong's Hebrew 8478: The bottom, below, in lieu of the sun? הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃ (haš·šā·meš) Article | Noun - common singular Strong's Hebrew 8121: The sun, the east, a ray, a notched battlement Verse 22. - What hath man of all his labor? i.e. what is to be the result to man? Γίνεται ἐν τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ; (Septuagint); Quidenim proderit homini? (Vulgate). There is, indeed, the pleasure that accompanies the pursuit of objects, and the successful accomplishment of enterprise; but this is poor and unsubstantial and embittered. And of the vexation of his heart; the striving, the effort of his mind to direct his labor to great ends. What does all this produce? The answer intended is," Nothing." This striving, with all its wisdom and knowledge and skill (ver. 21), is for the laborer fruitless. 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