Ecclesiastes 1:3

World English Bible (WEB)

What does man gain from all his labor in which he labors under the sun?

In context

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

2 “Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher; “Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.”

3 What does man gain from all his labor in which he labors under the sun?

4 One generation goes, and another generation comes; but the earth remains forever.

5 The sun also rises, and the sun goes down, and hurries to its place where it rises.

WEB World English Bible: What does man gain from all his labor in which he labors under the sun?
KJV King James Version: What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh 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?