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Complete Jewish Bible
Ecclesiastes 3:9
What does the worker gain from his efforts?
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Christian Standard Bible®
What does the worker gain from his struggles?
What does the worker gain from his struggles?
Hebrew Names Version
What profit has he who works in that in which he labors?
What profit has he who works in that in which he labors?
King James Version
What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?
What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?
English Standard Version
What gain has the worker from his toil?
What gain has the worker from his toil?
New American Standard Bible
What benefit is there for the worker from that in which he labors?
What benefit is there for the worker from that in which he labors?
New Century Version
Do people really gain anything from their work?
Do people really gain anything from their work?
Amplified Bible
What profit is there for the worker from that in which he labors?
What profit is there for the worker from that in which he labors?
World English Bible
What profit has he who works in that in which he labors?
What profit has he who works in that in which he labors?
Geneva Bible (1587)
What profite hath hee that worketh of the thing wherein he trauaileth?
What profite hath hee that worketh of the thing wherein he trauaileth?
Legacy Standard Bible
What advantage is there to the worker from that in which he labors?
What advantage is there to the worker from that in which he labors?
Berean Standard Bible
What does the worker gain from his toil?
What does the worker gain from his toil?
Contemporary English Version
What do we gain by all of our hard work?
What do we gain by all of our hard work?
Darby Translation
What profit hath he that worketh from that wherein he laboureth?
What profit hath he that worketh from that wherein he laboureth?
Easy-to-Read Version
Do people really gain anything from their hard work?
Do people really gain anything from their hard work?
George Lamsa Translation
What profit has the worker in his labor?
What profit has the worker in his labor?
Good News Translation
What do we gain from all our work?
What do we gain from all our work?
Lexham English Bible
What does the worker gain in his toil?
What does the worker gain in his toil?
Literal Translation
What advantage has he who works in that which he did as a laborer?
What advantage has he who works in that which he did as a laborer?
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
What hath a ma els (that doth eny thinge) but weerynesse and laboure?
What hath a ma els (that doth eny thinge) but weerynesse and laboure?
American Standard Version
What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboreth?
What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboreth?
Bible in Basic English
What profit has the worker in the work which he does?
What profit has the worker in the work which he does?
JPS Old Testament (1917)
What profit hath he that worketh in that he laboureth?
What profit hath he that worketh in that he laboureth?
King James Version (1611)
What profite hath hee that worketh, in that wherein he laboureth?
What profite hath hee that worketh, in that wherein he laboureth?
Bishop's Bible (1568)
What hath a man els that doth any thyng, but weerinesse and labour?
What hath a man els that doth any thyng, but weerinesse and labour?
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
What advantage has he that works in those things wherein he labours?
What advantage has he that works in those things wherein he labours?
English Revised Version
What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?
What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
What hath a man more of his trauel?
What hath a man more of his trauel?
Update Bible Version
What profit has he that works in that wherein he labors?
What profit has he that works in that wherein he labors?
Webster's Bible Translation
What profit hath he that worketh in that in which he laboreth?
What profit hath he that worketh in that in which he laboreth?
New English Translation
What benefit can a worker gain from his toil?
What benefit can a worker gain from his toil?
New King James Version
What profit has the worker from that in which he labors?
What profit has the worker from that in which he labors?
New Living Translation
What do people really get for all their hard work?
What do people really get for all their hard work?
New Life Bible
What does the worker get for his work?
What does the worker get for his work?
New Revised Standard
What gain have the workers from their toil?
What gain have the workers from their toil?
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
What profit hath he that worketh, in that wherein, himself, hath toiled?
What profit hath he that worketh, in that wherein, himself, hath toiled?
Douay-Rheims Bible
What hath man more of his labour?
What hath man more of his labour?
Revised Standard Version
What gain has the worker from his toil?
What gain has the worker from his toil?
Young's Literal Translation
What advantage hath the doer in that which he is labouring at?
What advantage hath the doer in that which he is labouring at?
THE MESSAGE
But in the end, does it really make a difference what anyone does? I've had a good look at what God has given us to do—busywork, mostly. True, God made everything beautiful in itself and in its time—but he's left us in the dark, so we can never know what God is up to, whether he's coming or going. I've decided that there's nothing better to do than go ahead and have a good time and get the most we can out of life. That's it—eat, drink, and make the most of your job. It's God's gift.
But in the end, does it really make a difference what anyone does? I've had a good look at what God has given us to do—busywork, mostly. True, God made everything beautiful in itself and in its time—but he's left us in the dark, so we can never know what God is up to, whether he's coming or going. I've decided that there's nothing better to do than go ahead and have a good time and get the most we can out of life. That's it—eat, drink, and make the most of your job. It's God's gift.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
What profit is there to the worker from that in which he toils?
What profit is there to the worker from that in which he toils?
Contextual Overview
1 For everything there is a season, a right time for every intention under heaven — 2 a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, 3 a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build, 4 a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance, 5 a time to throw stones and a time to gather stones, a time to embrace and a time to refrain, 6 a time to search and a time to give up, a time to keep and a time to discard, 7 a time to tear and a time to sew, a time to keep silent and a time to speak, 8 a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace. 9 What does the worker gain from his efforts? 10 I have seen the task God has given humanity to keep us occupied.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Ecclesiastes 1:3, Ecclesiastes 2:11, Ecclesiastes 2:22, Ecclesiastes 2:23, Ecclesiastes 5:16, Proverbs 14:23, Matthew 16:26
Cross-References
Genesis 3:12
The man replied, "The woman you gave to be with me — she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate."
The man replied, "The woman you gave to be with me — she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate."
Genesis 3:13
Adonai , God, said to the woman, "What is this you have done?" The woman answered, "The serpent tricked me, so I ate."
Adonai , God, said to the woman, "What is this you have done?" The woman answered, "The serpent tricked me, so I ate."
Genesis 3:17
To Adam he said, "Because you listened to what your wife said and ate from the tree about which I gave you the order, ‘You are not to eat from it,' the ground is cursed on your account; you will work hard to eat from it as long as you live.
To Adam he said, "Because you listened to what your wife said and ate from the tree about which I gave you the order, ‘You are not to eat from it,' the ground is cursed on your account; you will work hard to eat from it as long as you live.
Genesis 3:19
You will eat bread by the sweat of your forehead till you return to the ground — for you were taken out of it: you are dust, and you will return to dust."
You will eat bread by the sweat of your forehead till you return to the ground — for you were taken out of it: you are dust, and you will return to dust."
Genesis 3:20
The man called his wife Havah [life], because she was the mother of all living.
The man called his wife Havah [life], because she was the mother of all living.
Genesis 3:21
Adonai , God, made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them.
Adonai , God, made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them.
Genesis 4:9
Adonai said to Kayin, "Where is Hevel your brother?" And he replied, "I don't know; am I my brother's guardian?"
Adonai said to Kayin, "Where is Hevel your brother?" And he replied, "I don't know; am I my brother's guardian?"
Genesis 11:5
Adonai came down to see the city and the tower the people were building.
Adonai came down to see the city and the tower the people were building.
Genesis 16:8
and said, "Hagar! Sarai's slave-girl! Where have you come from, and where are you going?" She answered, "I'm running away from my mistress Sarai."
and said, "Hagar! Sarai's slave-girl! Where have you come from, and where are you going?" She answered, "I'm running away from my mistress Sarai."
Gill's Notes on the Bible
What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?] That is, he has none. This is an inference drawn from the above premises, and confirms what has been before observed, Ecclesiastes 1:3; Man has no profit of his labour, since his time is so short to enjoy it, and he leaves it to another, he knows not who; and, while he lives, is attended with continual vicissitudes and changes; sometimes it is a time for one thing, and sometimes for its contrary, so that there is nothing certain, and to be depended on; and a man can promise himself nothing in this world pleasant or profitable to him, and much less that will be of any advantage to him hereafter. The Targum adds,
"to make treasures and gather mammon, unless he is helped by Providence above;''
though it is man's duty to labour, yet all his toil and labour will be fruitless without a divine blessing; there is a time and season for everything in providence, and there is no striving against that.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Ecclesiastes 3:9. What profit hath he — What real good, what solid pleasure, is derived from all the labours of man? Necessity drives him to the principal part of his cares and toils; he labours that he may eat and drink; and he eats and drinks that he may be preserved alive, and kept from sickness and pain. Love of money, the basest of all passions, and restless ambition, drive men to many labours and expedients, which perplex and often destroy them. He, then, who lives without God, travails in pain all his days.
