Ecclesiastes 1:3

King James Version (KJV)

What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?

In context

1 The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.

2 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.

3 What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?

4 One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.

5 The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.

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?
BSB Berean Standard Bible: What does a man gain from all his labor, at which he toils 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?