Verse List for ECC 1:3

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OET (OET-RV) What profit does humanity gain from all their hard work in this world?

OET-LV What advantage belongs_to_humankind in_all toil _of_his which_he _toils under the_sun.

ULT ⇔  What profit, belongs to humanity ⇔  in exchange for all his toil that he toils under the sun?

UST ⇔  I want to know whether the never-ending labor of being alive in this world ⇔  ever produces any sense of satisfaction or joy in this life ⇔  that makes the labor of life worthwhile.

BSB & MSB What does a man gain from all his labor, ⇔  at which he toils under the sun?

OEB No OEB ECC book available

CSB What does a person gain for all his efforts that he labors at under the sun?

NLT What do people get for all their hard work under the sun?

NIV What do people gain from all their labors at which they toil under the sun?

CEV What is there to show for all of our hard work here on this earth?

ESV What does man gain by all the toil at which he toils under the sun?

NASB What advantage does man have in all his work Which he does under the sun?

LSB What advantage does man have in all his labor In which he labors under the sun?

WEBBE & WMBB What does man gain from all his labour in which he labours under the sun?

MSG ^(2-11)Smoke, nothing but smoke. [That’s what the Quester says.] There’s nothing to anything—it’s all smoke. What’s there to show for a lifetime of work, a lifetime of working your fingers to the bone? One generation goes its way, the next one arrives, but nothing changes—it’s business as usual for old planet earth. The sun comes up and the sun goes down, then does it again, and again—the same old round. The wind blows south, the wind blows north. Around and around and around it blows, blowing this way, then that—the whirling, erratic wind. All the rivers flow into the sea, but the sea never fills up. The rivers keep flowing to the same old place, and then start all over and do it again. Everything’s boring, utterly boring— no one can find any meaning in it. Boring to the eye, boring to the ear. What was will be again, what happened will happen again. There’s nothing new on this earth. Year after year it’s the same old thing. Does someone call out, “Hey, this is new”? Don’t get excited—it’s the same old story. Nobody remembers what happened yesterday. And the things that will happen tomorrow? Nobody’ll remember them either. Don’t count on being remembered.

NET What benefit do people get from all the effort ⇔ which they expend on earth?

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

FBV What benefit[fn] do you get for slaving away in this life?[fn]

T4T ⇔  ◄What do people gain from all the work that they do here on the earth?/It seems that people gain no lasting benefit from all the work that they do here on the earth.► [RHQ]

LEB
• What does a person gain in all his toil
• with which he toils under the sun?

NRSV What do people gain from all the toil at which they toil under the sun?

NKJV What profit has a man from all his labor In which he toils under the sun?

NAB What profit have we from all the toil which we toil at under the sun?

BBE What is a man profited by all his work which he does under the sun?

Moff Man labours at his toil under the sun; ⇔  does he gain?

JPS What profit hath man of all his labour wherein he laboureth under the sun?

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

DRA What hath a man more of all his labour, that he taketh under the sun?

YLT What advantage [is] to man by all his labour that he laboureth at under the sun?

Drby What profit hath man of all his labour wherewith he laboureth under the sun?

RV What profit hath man of all his labour wherein he laboureth under the sun?
(What profit hath/has man of all his labour wherein he laboureth under the sun?)

SLT What the profit to a man in all the labor he will labor under the sun?

Wbstr What profit hath a man of all his labor, which he taketh under the sun?

KJB-1769 What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?
(What profit hath/has a man of all his labour which he taketh/takes under the sun?)

KJB-1611 What profite hath a man of all his labour which hee taketh vnder the Sunne?
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation)

Bshps For what els hath a man of all the labour that he taketh vnder the sunne?
(For what else hath/has a man of all the labour that he taketh/takes under the sun?)

Gnva What remaineth vnto man in all his trauaile, which he suffereth vnder ye sunne?
(What remaineth/remains unto man in all his travail, which he suffereth/suffers under ye/you_all sun?)

Cvdl For what els hath a ma, of all the labor yt he taketh vnder the Sonne?
(For what else hath/has a man, of all the labour it he taketh/takes under the Sonne?)

Wycl What hath a man more of alle his trauel, bi which he traueilith vndur the sunne?
(What hath/has a man more of all his travel, by which he travaileth/travails under the sun?)

Luth Was hat der Mensch mehr von all seiner Mühe, die er hat unter der Sonne?
(What has the/of_the person more from all his effort/toil/trouble, the he has under the/of_the sun?)

ClVg Quid habet amplius homo de universo labore suo quo laborat sub sole?][fn]
(What has more man from/about in_the_universe with_hard_work his_own where works under sole?])

UHB מַה־יִּתְר֖וֹן לָֽ⁠אָדָ֑ם בְּ⁠כָל־עֲמָל֔⁠וֹ שֶֽׁ⁠יַּעֲמֹ֖ל תַּ֥חַת הַ⁠שָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃ ‡

BrLXX Τίς περίσσεια τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ ἐν παντὶ μόχθῳ αὐτοῦ ᾧ μοχθεῖ ὑπὸ τὸν ἥλιον;

BrTr What advantage is there to a man in all his labour that he takes under the sun?