Devine Scripture

Ecclesiastes 1:3

Ecclesiastes chapter 1 · verse 3 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.2Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher; vanity of vanities, all is vanity.

v.3This passage

v.4One generation goeth, and another generation cometh; but the earth abideth for ever.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Ecclesiastes 5:16

    And this also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that he laboreth for the wind?

  • Proverbs 23:4

    Weary not thyself to be rich; Cease from thine own wisdom.

  • Ecclesiastes 9:13

    I have also seen wisdom under the sun on this wise, and it seemed great unto me:

  • Mark 8:36

    For what doth it profit a man, to gain the whole world, and forfeit his life?

  • Ecclesiastes 9:3

    This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea also, the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.

  • Ecclesiastes 6:12

    For who knoweth what is good for man in his life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?