Ecclesiastes 3:9
What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?
King James Version
In Context
8A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
10I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 1:3What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?
Ecclesiastes 2:22For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?
Matthew 16:26For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own 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 →