Ecclesiastes 2:22
World English Bible (WEB)
For what does a man have of all his labor and of the striving of his heart, in which he labors under the sun?
In context
20 Therefore I began to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor in which I had labored under the sun.
21 For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, with knowledge, and with skillfulness; yet he shall leave it for his portion to a man who has not labored for it. This also is vanity and a great evil.
22 For what does a man have of all his labor and of the striving of his heart, in which he labors under the sun?
23 For all his days are sorrows, and his travail is grief; yes, even in the night his heart takes no rest. This also is vanity.
24 There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink, and make his soul enjoy good in his labor. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God.
Ecclesiastes 2:22 in every translation
- 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?
- 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?
- 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?