Ecclesiastes 1:3
What does man gain from all his labor in which he labors under the sun?
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In The King James Version
What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?
In Context
2“Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher; “Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.”
4One generation goes, and another generation comes; but the earth remains forever.
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 2:11Then I looked at all the works that my hands had worked, and at the labor that I had labored to do; and behold, all was vanity and a chasing after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 2:22For what does a man have of all his labor and of the striving of his heart, in which he labors under the sun?
Ecclesiastes 4:3Yes, better than them both is him who has not yet been, who has not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 5:16This also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go. And what profit does he have who labors for the wind?
Ecclesiastes 6:12For who knows what is good for man in life, all the days of his vain life which he spends like a shadow? For who can tell a man what will be after him under the sun?
Ecclesiastes 8:15Then I commended mirth, because a man has no better thing under the sun than to eat, to drink, and to be joyful: for that will accompany him in his labor all the days of his life which God has given him under the sun.
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 1:2-4
Ecclesiastes We are still among Solomon's happy men, his happy servants, that stood continually before him to hear his wisdom; and they are the choicest of all the dictates of his wisdom, such as were more immediately given by divine inspiration, that are here transmitted to us, not to be heard, as by them, but once, and then liable to be mistaken or forgotten, and by repetition to lose their beauty, but to be read, reviewed, revolved, and had in everlasting remembrance. The account we have of Solomon's apostasy… Read the whole commentary →