ECC 3:9 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance=normal (All still tentative.)

Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX Τίς περίσσεια τοῦ ποιοῦντος ἐν οἷς αὐτὸς μοχθεῖ;
(Tis perisseia tou poiountos en hois autos moⱪthei; )

ULT What is the profit of the one who does in exchange for that which he toils?

OEB No OEB ECC 3:9 verse available

WEBBE What profit has he who works in that in which he labours?

WMBB (Same as above)

MSG ^(9-13)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.

NET What benefit can a worker gain from his toil?

LSV What advantage does the doer have in that which he is laboring at?

FBV So what do you get for all your hard work?

T4T ¶ ◄What do people gain from all the work that they do?/It seems that people gain very little from all the work that they do [RHQ]►.

LEB What does the worker gain in his toil?
¶ 

BBE What profit has the worker in the work which he does?

Moff No Moff ECC book available

JPS What profit hath he that worketh in that he laboureth?

ASV What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboreth?

DRA What hath man more of his labour?

YLT What advantage hath the doer in that which he is labouring at?

Drby What profit hath he that worketh from that wherein he laboureth?

RV What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?

Wbstr What profit hath he that worketh in that in which he laboreth?

KJB-1769 What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?
(What profit hath/has he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth? )

KJB-1611 [fn]What profite hath hee that worketh, in that wherein he laboureth?
(What profite hath/has he that worketh, in that wherein he laboureth?)

3:9 Chap. 1. 3.

Bshps What hath a man els that doth any thyng, but weerinesse and labour?
(What hath/has a man else that doth anything, but weerinesse and labour?)

Gnva What profite hath hee that worketh of the thing wherein he trauaileth?
(What profite hath/has he that worketh of the thing wherein he trauaileth? )

Cvdl What hath a ma els (that doth eny thinge) but weerynesse and laboure?
(What hath/has a man else (that doth anything) but weerynesse and laboure?)

Wycl What hath a man more of his trauel?
(What hath/has a man more of his trauel?)

Luth Man arbeite, wie man will, so kann man nicht mehr ausrichten.
(Man arbeite, like man will, so kann man not more ausrichten.)

ClVg [Quid habet amplius homo de labore suo?
([What habet amplius human about labore suo? )

Parallel ECC 3:9