Ecclesiastes 3:9
What profit has he who works in that in which he labors?
World English Bible Catholic
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 burden which God has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with.
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 1:3What does man gain from all his labor in which he labors 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?
Matthew 16:26For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his life? Or what will a man give in 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 →