Verse Comparison: Ecclesiastes 1:3
American Standard Version
What profit hath man of all his labor wherein he laboreth under the sun?
Amplified® Bible
What profit does man have left from all his toil at which he toils under the sun? [Is life worth living?]
Contemporary English Version
What is there to show for all of our hard work here on this earth?
Darby English Version
What profit hath man of all his labour wherewith he laboureth under the sun?
Good News Bible
You spend your life working, laboring, and what do you have to show for it?
King James Version
What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?
New American Standard Bible
What advantage does man have in all his work Which he does under the sun?
New International Version
What does man gain from all his labor
at which he toils under the sun?
New King James Version
What profit has a man from all his labor
In which he toils under the sun?
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
What advantage does man have in all his work Which he does under the sun?
Revised Standard Version
What does man gain by all the toil at which he toils under the sun?
Young's Literal Translation
What advantage `is' to man by all his labour that he laboureth at under the sun?
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