New International Version (NIV)
3What do people gain from all their labors
at which they toil under the sun?
Ecclesiastes 1:3
Ecclesiastes 1:3 in 6 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.
New American Standard Bible - NASB (NASB2020)
3¶What advantage does a person have in all his work
Which he does under the sun?
New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
3What advantage does man have in all his work
Which he does under the sun?
Amplified Bible (AMP)
3¶What advantage does man have from all his work
Which he does 1:3 Ecclesiastes expresses the view of the natural man whose interests are focused on vanishing pleasures and empty satisfactions. The natural man is not aware that all the answers to life are found in God. The natural man grovels in the earth and seeks and finds that which is futile and temporary while the spiritual man soars on wings of eagles (Is 40:31) and seeks and finds righteousness and God’s incomparable and everlasting blessings and companionship.under the sun (while earthbound)?
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
3What does a man gain from all his labor,
at which he toils under the sun?
New International Reader’s Version (NIrV)
3What do people get for all their work?
Why do they work so hard on this earth?