Ecclesiastes 3:9
What advantage has he that works in those things wherein he labors? 1
Updated 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; 1 A time of war, and a time of peace. 1
10I have seen all the trouble, 1 Which God has given to the sons of men to be troubled with. 1
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 1:3What advantage is there to a man 1 In all his labor that he takes under the sun? 1
Ecclesiastes 2:22For it happens to a man in all his labor, 1 And in the purpose of his heart 1 Wherein he labors under the sun. 1
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 →