Ecclesiastes 2:22
King James Version (KJV)
For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?
In context
20 Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.
21 For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.
22 For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?
23 For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.
24 There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it was from the hand of God.
Ecclesiastes 2:22 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?
- WEB World English Bible
- For what does a man have of all his labor and of the striving of his heart, in which he labors under the sun?
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- For what does a man get for all the toil and striving with which he labors under the sun?
- ASV American Standard Version
- For what hath a man of all his labor, and of the striving of his heart, wherein he laboreth under the sun?
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- For what hath been to a man by all his labour, and by the thought of his heart that he laboured at under the sun?
- DBY Darby Translation
- For what will man have of all his labour and of the striving of his heart, wherewith he hath wearied himself under the sun?
- WBS Webster Bible
- For what hath man of all his labor, and of the vexation of his heart, in which he hath labored under the sun?