Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version What do people get for all the toil and anxious striving with which they labor under the sun? New Living Translation So what do people get in this life for all their hard work and anxiety? English Standard Version What has a man from all the toil and striving of heart with which he toils beneath the sun? Berean Standard Bible For what does a man get for all the toil and striving with which he labors under the sun? King James Bible For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun? New King James Version For what has man for all his labor, and for the striving of his heart with which he has toiled under the sun? New American Standard Bible For what does a person get in all his labor and in his striving with which he labors under the sun? NASB 1995 For what does a man get in all his labor and in his striving with which he labors under the sun? NASB 1977 For what does a man get in all his labor and in his striving with which he labors under the sun? Legacy Standard Bible For what does a man get in all his labor and in the striving of his heart with which he labors under the sun? Amplified Bible For what does a man get from all his labor and from the striving and sorrow of his heart with which he labors under the sun? Christian Standard Bible For what does a person get with all his work and all his efforts that he labors at under the sun? Holman Christian Standard Bible For what does a man get with all his work and all his efforts that he labors at under the sun? 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? Aramaic Bible in Plain English And what does a son of man have in all his labor and in the desire of his heart which he wrought under the sun? Brenton Septuagint Translation For it happens to a man in all his labour, and in the purpose of his heart wherein he labours under the sun. Contemporary English Version What do we really gain from all of our hard work? Douay-Rheims Bible For what profit shall a man have of all his labour, and vexation of spirit, with which he bath been tormented under the sun? English Revised Version For what hath a man of all his labour, and of the striving of his heart, wherein he laboureth under the sun? GOD'S WORD® Translation What do people get from all of their hard work and struggles under the sun? Good News Translation You work and worry your way through life, and what do you have to show for it? International Standard Version For what does a person gain from everything that he accomplishes and from his inner life struggles that he undergoes while working on earth? JPS Tanakh 1917 For what hath a man of all his labour, and of the striving of his heart, wherein he laboureth under the sun? Literal Standard Version For what has been to a man by all his labor, and by the thought of his heart that he labored at under the sun? Majority Standard Bible For what does a man get for all the toil and striving with which he labors under the sun? New American Bible For what profit comes to mortals from all the toil and anxiety of heart with which they toil under the sun? NET Bible What does a man acquire from all his labor and from the anxiety that accompanies his toil on earth? New Revised Standard Version What do mortals get from all the toil and strain with which they toil under the sun? New Heart English Bible For what has a man of all his labor, and of the striving of his heart, in which he labors under the sun? Webster's Bible Translation For what hath man of all his labor, and of the vexation of his heart, in which he hath labored under the sun? 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? 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? Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Futility of Work…21When there is a man who has labored with wisdom, knowledge, and skill, and he must give his portion to a man who has not worked for it, this too is futile and a great evil. 22For what does a man get for all the toil and striving with which he labors under the sun? 23Indeed, all his days are filled with grief, and his task is sorrowful; even at night, his mind does not rest. This too is futile.… Cross References 1 Corinthians 16:16 to submit to such as these, and to every fellow worker and laborer. Ecclesiastes 1:3 What does a man gain from all his labor, at which he toils under the sun? Ecclesiastes 2:11 Yet when I considered all the works that my hands had accomplished and what I had toiled to achieve, I found everything to be futile, a pursuit of the wind; there was nothing to be gained under the sun. Treasury of Scripture For what has man of all his labor, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he has labored under the sun? hath man Ecclesiastes 1:3 What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun? Ecclesiastes 3:9 What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth? Ecclesiastes 5:10,11,17 He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity… and of the Ecclesiastes 4:6,8 Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit… Psalm 127:2 It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep. Matthew 6:11,25,34 Give us this day our daily bread… Jump to Previous Anxious Beneath Care Heart Labor Laboreth Laboured Strain Striving Sun Thought Toil Toils Vexation Wearied Weight Wherein Wherewith WorkJump to Next Anxious Beneath Care Heart Labor Laboreth Laboured Strain Striving Sun Thought Toil Toils Vexation Wearied Weight Wherein Wherewith WorkEcclesiastes 2 1. the vanity of human courses is the work of pleasure12. Though the wise be better than the fool, yet both have one event 18. The vanity of human labor, in leaving it they know not to whom 24. Nothing better than joy in our labor but that is God's gift Verse 22. - What hath man of all his labor? i.e. what is to be the result to man? Γίνεται ἐν τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ; (Septuagint); Quidenim proderit homini? (Vulgate). There is, indeed, the pleasure that accompanies the pursuit of objects, and the successful accomplishment of enterprise; but this is poor and unsubstantial and embittered. And of the vexation of his heart; the striving, the effort of his mind to direct his labor to great ends. What does all this produce? The answer intended is," Nothing." This striving, with all its wisdom and knowledge and skill (ver. 21), is for the laborer fruitless. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Forכִּ֠י (kî) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction what מֶֽה־ (meh-) Interrogative Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what does a man לָֽאָדָם֙ (lā·’ā·ḏām) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 120: Ruddy, a human being get הֹוֶ֤ה (hō·weh) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 1933: To fall for all בְּכָל־ (bə·ḵāl) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every the labor עֲמָל֔וֹ (‘ă·mā·lōw) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 5999: Toil, wearing effort, worry, wheth, of body, mind and endeavors וּבְרַעְי֖וֹן (ū·ḇə·ra‘·yō·wn) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 7475: Longing, striving at which שֶׁה֥וּא (še·hū) Pronoun - relative | Pronoun - third person masculine singular Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are he toils עָמֵ֖ל (‘ā·mêl) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 6001: Toiling, a laborer, sorrowful under תַּ֥חַת (ta·ḥaṯ) Preposition Strong's 8478: The bottom, below, in lieu of the sun? הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃ (haš·šā·meš) Article | Noun - common singular Strong's 8121: The sun, the east, a ray, a notched battlement Links Ecclesiastes 2:22 NIVEcclesiastes 2:22 NLT Ecclesiastes 2:22 ESV Ecclesiastes 2:22 NASB Ecclesiastes 2:22 KJV Ecclesiastes 2:22 BibleApps.com Ecclesiastes 2:22 Biblia Paralela Ecclesiastes 2:22 Chinese Bible Ecclesiastes 2:22 French Bible Ecclesiastes 2:22 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Ecclesiastes 2:22 For what has a man of all (Ecclesiast. 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