Ecclesiastes 3:9
What profit hath he who laboreth from that with which he wearieth himself?
Noyes Bible
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 business which God hath given to the sons of men to exercise themselves therewith.
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 1:3What profit hath a man by all his labor with which he wearieth himself under the sun?
Ecclesiastes 2:22For what hath man of all his labor, and the striving of his spirit, with which he wearieth himself under the sun?
Matthew 16:26For what will a man be profited, if be gain the whole world, and forfeit his life? or what shall a man give as an exchange for his life?
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 →