Bible verse
What does a man gain from all his labor, at which he toils under the sun?
Ecclesiastes 1:3 · BSB
The verses around it, from Ecclesiastes 1.
1 These are the words of the Teacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem:
2 “Futility of futilities,” says the Teacher, “futility of futilities! Everything is futile!”
3 What does a man gain from all his labor, at which he toils under the sun?
4 Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever.
5 The sun rises and the sun sets; it hurries back to where it rises.
6 The wind blows southward, then turns northward; round and round it swirls, ever returning on its course.
7 All the rivers flow into the sea, yet the sea is never full; to the place from which the streams come, there again they flow.
KJV
What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?
ASV
What profit hath man of all his labor wherein he laboreth under the sun?
ERV
What profit hath man of all his labour wherein he laboureth under the sun?
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