Ecclesiastes 1:3
What remaineth vnto man in all his trauaile, which he suffereth vnder ye sunne?
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?
In Context
2Vanitie of vanities, sayth the Preacher: vanitie of vanities, all is vanitie.
4One generation passeth, and another generation succeedeth: but the earth remaineth for euer.
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 2:11Then I looked on all my workes that mine hands had wrought, and on the trauaile that I had laboured to doe: and beholde, all is vanitie and vexation of the spirit: and there is no profite vnder the sunne.
Ecclesiastes 2:22For what hath man of all his trauaile and griefe of his heart, wherein he hath trauailed vnder the sunne?
Ecclesiastes 4:3And I count him better then them both, which hath not yet bin: for he hath not seene the euill workes which are wrought vnder the sunne.
Ecclesiastes 5:16Also all his dayes hee eateth in darkenes with much griefe, and in his sorowe and anger.
Ecclesiastes 8:15And I praysed ioy: for there is no goodnesse to man vnder the sunne, saue to eate and to drinke and to reioyce: for this is adioyned to his labour, the dayes of his life that God hath giuen him vnder the sunne.
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 →