Ecclesiastes 3:9
What profit has the worker in the work which he does?
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?
In Context
8A time for love and a time for hate; a time for war and a time for peace.
10I saw the work which God has put on the sons of man.
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 1:3What is a man profited by all his work which he does under the sun?
Ecclesiastes 2:22What does a man get for all his work, and for the weight of care with which he has done his work under the sun?
Matthew 16:26For what profit has a man, if he gets all the world with the loss of his life? or what will a man give in exchange for his life?
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 3:2-11
Mutability of Human Affairs. 1 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: 2 A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; 3 A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; 4 A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; 5 A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; 6 A time to get,… Read the whole commentary →