Ecclesiastes 1:3
What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?In other versions
What profit hath man of all his labor wherein he laboreth under the sun?
ASV
What is a man profited by all his work which he does under the sun?
BBE
What profit hath man of all his labour wherewith he laboureth under the sun?
DBY
What does man gain from all his labor in which he labors under the sun?
WEB
What advantage `is' to man by all his labour that he laboureth at under the sun?
YLT
What profit has a man of all his labour which he takes under the sun?
ENG
What profit hath a man of all his labor, which he taketh under the sun?
WBT
What does a man gain from all his labor, at which he toils under the sun?
BSB
In context
1The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
2Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.
3What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?
4One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.
5The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.