Ecclesiastes 1:3 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

What advantage [is] to man by all his labour that he laboureth at under the sun?

English ASV

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

English Amplified

What profit does man have left from all his toil at which he toils under the sun? [Is life worth living?]

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

What profit does man have left from all his toil at which he toils under the sun? [Is life worth living?]

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

What does a man gain from all his labor, at which he toils under the sun?

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

What does a person gain for all his efforts that he labors at under the sun?

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

What profit hath man of all his labour wherewith he laboureth under the sun?

English EASY 2024

People work very hard while they live on the earth. But in the end, what do they receive in return for their work?

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

Do people really gain anything from all the hard work they do in this life?

What does man gain by all the toil at which he toils under the sun?

English GNT (Good News Translation)

You spend your life working, laboring, and what do you have to show for it?

English God's Word - GW 1995

What do people gain from all their hard work under the sun?

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

What does a man gain for all his efforts he labors at under the sun?

English KJV 1611

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

English LSB

What advantage does man have in all his labor In which he labors under the sun?

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

What benefit is there to a person in all his labors at which he toils under the sun?

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

What advantage does man have in all his work Which he does under the sun?

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

What profit has man from all the labor which he toils at under the sun?

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

What benefit do people get from all the effort which they expend on earth?

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

What does a man get for all of his work? Why does he work so hard on this earth?

English NIV

What does man gain from all his labor at which he toils under the sun?

English NKJ 1982

What profit has a man from all his labor In which he toils under the sun?

English NLT

What do people get for all their hard work?

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

What do people gain from all the toil at which they toil under the sun?

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

What does man gain by all the toil at which he toils under the sun?

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

For what does a man get for all his hard work?

English Tyndale 1537

For what else hath a man, of all the labor that he taketh under the Sun?

Ecclesiastes 1:3 — Compare Translations