Ecclesiastes 3:9
What more does a man have from his labor?
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?
In Context
8A time of love, and a time of hatred. A time of war, and a time of peace.
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 1:3What more does a man have from all his labor, as he labors under the sun?
Ecclesiastes 2:22For how can a man benefit from all his labor and affliction of spirit, by which he has been tormented under the sun?
Matthew 16:26For how does it benefit a man, if he gains the whole world, yet truly suffers damage to his soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
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 →