Ecclesiastes 3:9
What profit hath [now] he that worketh in that wherein he toileth?
Leeser Tanakh
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 the employment, which God hath given to the sons of men to busy themselves therewith.
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 1:3What profit hath a man of all his toil which he toil-eth under the sun?
Ecclesiastes 2:22For what doth a man obtain of all his toil, and of the torture of his heart, wherewith he toileth 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 →