Verse Comparison: Ecclesiastes 2:22
American Standard Version
For what hath a man of all his labor, and of the striving of his heart, wherein he laboreth under the sun?
Amplified® Bible
For what has a man left from all his labor and from the striving {and} vexation of his heart in which he has toiled under the sun?
Contemporary English Version
What do we really gain from all of our hard work?
Darby English Version
For what will man have of all his labour and of the striving of his heart, wherewith he hath wearied himself under the sun?
Good News Bible
You work and worry your way through life, and what do you have to show for it?
King James Version
For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?
New American Standard Bible
For what does a man get in all his labor and in his striving with which he labors under the sun?
New International Version
What does a man get for all the toil and anxious striving with which he labors under the sun?
New King James Version
For what has man for all his labor, and for the striving of his heart with which he has toiled under the sun?
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
For what does a man get in all his labor and in his striving with which he labors under the sun?
Revised Standard Version
What has a man from all the toil and strain with which he toils beneath the sun?
Young's Literal Translation
For what hath been to a man by all his labour, and by the thought of his heart that he laboured at under the sun?