Ecclesiastes 2:11
Holman Christian Standard Bible
11 When I considered all that I had accomplished[a] and what I had labored to achieve, I found everything to be futile and a pursuit of the wind.(A) There was nothing to be gained under the sun.(B)
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- Ecclesiastes 2:11 Lit all my works that my hands had done
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 2:22
Holman Christian Standard Bible
22 For what does a man get with all his work and all his efforts(A) that he labors at under the sun?
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Ecclesiastes 2:22
New International Version
22 What do people get for all the toil and anxious striving with which they labor under the sun?(A)
Ecclesiastes 2:22
King James Version
22 For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?
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Ecclesiastes 3:9
Holman Christian Standard Bible
9 What does the worker gain from his struggles?(A)
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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
Holman Christian Standard Bible
16 This too is a sickening tragedy: exactly as he comes, so he will go. What does the one gain(A) who struggles for the wind?(B)
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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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