Ecclesiastes 2:11
New American Standard Bible
11 So I considered all my activities which my hands had done and the labor which I had [a]exerted, and behold, all was (A)futility and striving after wind, and there was (B)no benefit under the sun.
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- Ecclesiastes 2:11 Lit labored to do
Ecclesiastes 2:11
New International Version
Ecclesiastes 2:11
King James Version
11 Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
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Ecclesiastes 3:9
New American Standard Bible
9 (A)What benefit is there for the worker from that in which he labors?
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Ecclesiastes 3:9
New International Version
9 What do workers gain from their toil?(A)
Ecclesiastes 3:9
King James Version
9 What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?
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Ecclesiastes 5:16
New American Standard Bible
16 This also is a sickening evil: exactly as a person [a]is born, so will he [b]die. (A)What then is the advantage for him who (B)labors for the wind?
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- Ecclesiastes 5:16 Lit comes
- Ecclesiastes 5:16 Lit go
Ecclesiastes 5:16
New International Version
16 This too is a grievous evil:
As everyone comes, so they depart,
and what do they gain,
since they toil for the wind?(A)
Ecclesiastes 5:16
King James Version
16 And this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind?
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