Ecclesiastes 3:9
What advantage has he that works in those things wherein he labours?
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?
In Context
8a time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
10I have seen all the trouble, which God has given to the sons of men to be troubled with.
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 1:3What advantage is there to a man in all his labour that he takes under the sun?
Ecclesiastes 2:22For it happens to a man in all his labour, and in the purpose of his heart wherein he labours under the sun.
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 →