Ecclesiastes 1:3

Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

What does a man gain from all his labor, at which he toils under the sun?

In context

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.

BSB Berean Standard Bible: What does a man gain from all his labor, at which he toils under the sun?
KJV King James Version: What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?
WEB World English Bible: What does man gain from all his labor in which he labors under the sun?
ASV American Standard Version: What profit hath man of all his labor wherein he laboreth under the sun?
YLT Young's Literal Translation: What advantage [is] to man by all his labour that he laboureth at under the sun?
DBY Darby Translation: What profit hath man of all his labour wherewith he laboureth under the sun?
WBS Webster Bible: What profit hath a man of all his labor, which he taketh under the sun?