Ecclesiastes 3:9
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“What does the worker gain from his toil?”
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BSBPD
“What does the worker gain from his toil?”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboreth?”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“What advantage hath the doer in that which he is labouring at?”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Ecclesiastes 3:9 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Proverbs 14:23There is profit in all labor, but mere talk leads only to poverty.
- Ecclesiastes 1:3What does a man gain from all his labor, at which he toils under the sun?
- Ecclesiastes 2:11Yet 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.
- Ecclesiastes 2:22For what does a man get for all the toil and striving with which he labors under the sun?
- Ecclesiastes 5:16This too is a grievous evil: Exactly as a man is born, so he will depart. What does he gain as he toils for the wind?
- Matthew 16:26What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).
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