Ecclesiastes 2:22
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For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?For what does a man get for all the toil and striving with which he labors under the sun?
In other translations
For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?For what does a man get for all the toil and striving with which he labors under the sun?
Hebrew words
כִּיkiforH3588מֶה־meh-what?H4100הֹוֶהhoveh[is] becomingH1933לָאָדָםla'adamto the personH120בְּכָל־bekholin allH3605עֲמָלוֹamalotoil hisH5999וּבְרַעְיוֹןuvera'yonand in [the] striving ofH7475לִבּוֹliboheart hisH3820שֶׁהוּאshehu'that heH1931עָמֵל'amel[was] a laborerH6001תַּחַתtachatunderH8478הַשָּׁמֶשׁ׃hashameshthe sunH8121
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Ecclesiastes 1:3What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?What does a man gain from all his labor, at which he toils under the sun?
- Psalm 127:2It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for bread to eat— for He gives sleep to His beloved.
- 1 Peter 5:7Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.Cast all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you.
- Philippians 4:6Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
- 1 Timothy 6:8And having food and raiment let us be therewith content.But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with these.
- Ecclesiastes 4:6Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.Better one handful with tranquility than two handfuls with toil and pursuit of the wind.
- Matthew 6:34Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Today has enough trouble of its own.
- Ecclesiastes 3:9What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?What does the worker gain from his toil?
- Ecclesiastes 5:17All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.Moreover, all his days he eats in darkness, with much sorrow, sickness, and anger.
- Matthew 6:11Give us this day our daily bread.Give us this day our daily bread.
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