Ecclesiastes 3:9
What profit has he that works in that wherein he labours?
Updated King James Version
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 travail, which God has given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 1:3What profit has a man of all his labour which he takes under the sun?
Ecclesiastes 2:22For what has man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he has laboured under the sun?
Matthew 16:26For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
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 →