Parallel Verses

Modern King James verseion

For what has man from all his labor, and from the troubling of his heart, in which he has labored under the sun?

New American Standard Bible

For what does a man get in all his labor and in his striving with which he labors under the sun?

King James Version

For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?

Holman Bible

For what does a man get with all his work and all his efforts that he labors at under the sun?

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?

A Conservative Version

For what has a man of all his labor, and of the striving of his heart in which he labors 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?

Amplified

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?

Bible in Basic English

What does a man get for all his work, and for the weight of care with which he has done his work under the sun?

Darby Translation

For what will man have of all his labour and of the striving of his heart, wherewith he hath wearied himself under the sun?

Julia Smith Translation

For what was to man in all his labor, and in the striving of his heart, he labored under the sun?

King James 2000

For what has man for all his labor, and for the striving of his heart, with which he has labored under the sun?

Lexham Expanded Bible

For what does a person receive for all his toil and in the longing of his heart with which he toils under the sun?

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

For what getteth a man of all the labor and travail of his mind, that he taketh 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 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?

The Emphasized Bible

For what hath the man for all his toil, and for the striving of his heart, - wherein, he himself, toiled under the sun?

Webster

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 has a man of all his labor, and of the striving of his heart, in which he labors under the sun?

Youngs 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?

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
הוה הוא 
Hava' 
be thou, be, shall be, may be, hath
Usage: 6

man
אדם 
'adam 
Usage: 541

and of the vexation
רעיון 
Ra`yown 
Usage: 3

היא הוּא 
Huw' 
Usage: 1716

עמל 
`amel 
Usage: 9

Prayers for Ecclesiastes 2:22

Context Readings

Is There Real Happiness In Life?

21 When there is a man whose labor is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and with success; yet to a man who has not labored in it, he shall leave it for his share. This also is vanity and a great evil. 22 For what has man from all his labor, and from the troubling of his heart, in which he has labored under the sun? 23 For all his days are sorrows, and his labor sadness; yea, his heart does not take rest in the night. This is also vanity.



Cross References

Ecclesiastes 1:3

What is the profit to a man in all his labor which he labors under the sun?

Ecclesiastes 3:9

What profit does he have who works in that in which he labors?

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 gives His beloved sleep.

Proverbs 16:26

He who labors works for himself, for his mouth craves it from him.

Ecclesiastes 4:6

Better is a hand filled with rest than two fists with travail and vexation of spirit.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he has neither son nor brother; yet there is no end to all his labor; and his eyes are not satisfied with riches; and he says, For whom do I labor and take good from my soul? This is also vanity. Yes, it is an evil business.

Ecclesiastes 5:10-11

He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver, and he who loves abundance not with gain. This is also vanity.

Ecclesiastes 5:17

Also all his days he eats in darkness, and he has much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.

Ecclesiastes 6:7-8

All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.

Ecclesiastes 8:15

Then I praised gladness, because a man has no better thing under the sun than to eat and to drink and to be glad; for that shall go with him of his labor for the days of his life which God gives him under the sun.

Matthew 6:11

Give us this day our daily bread;

Matthew 6:25

Therefore I say to you, Do not be anxious for your life, what you shall eat, or what you shall drink; nor for your body, what you shall put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?

Matthew 6:34

Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow; for tomorrow shall be anxious for its own things. Sufficient to the day is the evil of it.

Matthew 16:26

For what is a man profited if he shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

Luke 12:22

And He said to His disciples, Therefore I say to you, Be not anxious as to your life, what you shall eat; nor for the body, what you shall put on.

Luke 12:29

And do not seek what you shall eat, nor what you shall drink, and stop being in anxiety.

Philippians 4:6

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.

1 Timothy 6:8

But having food and clothing, we will be content.

1 Peter 5:7

casting all your anxiety onto Him, for He cares for you.

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