Ecclesiastes 3:9
What profit hath he that worketh in that he laboureth?
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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 for war, and a time for peace.
10I have seen the task which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised therewith.
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 1:3What profit hath man of all his labour wherein he laboureth under the sun?
Ecclesiastes 2:22For what hath a man of all his labour, and of the striving of his heart, wherein he laboureth 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 →