Ecclesiastes 3:9
Cross References

What hath man more of his labour?

1 Corinthians 16:16
That you also be subject to such and to every one that worketh with us and laboureth.

Ecclesiastes 1:3
What hath a man more of all his labour, that he taketh under the sun?

Ecclesiastes 2:11
And when I turned myself to all the works which my hands had wrought, and to the labours wherein I had laboured in vain, I saw in all things vanity, and vexation of mind, and that nothing was lasting under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 5:16
A most deplorable evil: as he came, so shall he return. What then doth it profit him that he hath laboured for the wind?

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What hath man more of his labour?

Ecclesiastes 1:3 What hath a man more of all his labour, that he taketh under the sun?

Ecclesiastes 2:11,22,23 And when I turned myself to all the works which my hands had wrought, and to the labours wherein I had laboured in vain, I saw in all things vanity, and vexation of mind, and that nothing was lasting under the sun. . . .

Ecclesiastes 5:16 A most deplorable evil: as he came, so shall he return. What then doth it profit him that he hath laboured for the wind?

Proverbs 14:23 In much work there shall be abundance: but where there are many words, there is oftentimes want.

Matthew 16:26 For what doth it profit a man, if he gain the whole world and suffer the loss of his own soul? Or what exchange shall a man give for his soul?

Context
God's Works Remain Forever
9What hath man more of his labour?10I have seen the trouble, which God hath given the sons of men to be exercised in it.…
Lexicon
What
מַה־ (mah-)
Interrogative
Strong's Hebrew 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

does the worker
הָֽעוֹשֶׂ֔ה (hā·‘ō·w·śeh)
Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6213: To do, make

gain
יִּתְרוֹן֙ (yiṯ·rō·wn)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3504: Preeminence, gain

from his
ה֥וּא (hū)
Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

toil?
עָמֵֽל׃ (‘ā·mêl)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6001: Toiling, a laborer, sorrowful


Additional Translations
What does the worker gain from his toil?What profit has he that works in that wherein he labors?

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

What advantage has he that works in those things wherein he labours?

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

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

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

What profit has he who works in that in which he labors?

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