Ecclesiastes 1:3

Ecclesiastes 1:3 in 10 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

3What do people gain from all their labors

at which they toil under the sun?

3¶What advantage does a person have in all his work

Which he does under the sun?

3¶What advantage does man have from all his work

Which he does under the sun (while earthbound)?

3What does a man gain from all his labor,

at which he toils under the sun?

3What profit hath man of all his labor wherein he laboreth under the sun?

3What remaineth vnto man in all his trauaile, which he suffereth vnder ye sunne?

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

3What do people get for all their work?

Why do they work so hard on this earth?

3People work very hard while they live on the earth.

But in the end, what do they receive in return for their work?

3What advantage [is] to man by all his labor that he labors at under the sun?