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Ecclesiastes 2:22

For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?

KJV

Quid enim proderit homini de universo labore suo, et afflictione spiritus, qua sub sole cruciatus est ?

Vulgate

ὅτι γίνεται ἐν τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ ἐν παντὶ μόχθῳ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐν προαιρέσει καρδίας αὐτοῦ ᾧ αὐτὸς μοχθεῖ ὑπὸ τὸν ἥλιον.

LXX

For what hath a man of all his labor, and of the striving of his heart, wherein he laboreth under the sun?

ASV

כִּ֠י מֶֽה הֹוֶ֤ה לָֽ/אָדָם֙ בְּ/כָל עֲמָל֔/וֹ וּ/בְ/רַעְי֖וֹן לִבּ֑/ו שֶׁ/ה֥וּא עָמֵ֖ל תַּ֥חַת הַ/שָּֽׁמֶשׁ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אָדָ֖ם
'dm
noun · 545×
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
הֹוֶ֤ה
hvh
verb · 6×
ו
v
noun · 505×
וֹ
v
noun · 55×
י
y
noun · 591×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
מַה
mh
particle · 745×
עָמֵ֖ל
'ml
noun · 9×
רַעְי֥וֹן
r'yvn
noun · 3×
שָּֽׁמֶשׁ
shmsh
noun · 132×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Pet 5:7 — Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
  • 1Tim 6:8 — And having food and raiment let us be therewith content.
  • Eccl 1:3 — What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?
  • Eccl 1:3 — What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?
  • Eccl 3:9 — What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?
  • Eccl 3:9 — What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?
  • Eccl 4:6 — Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.
  • Eccl 4:8 — There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I
  • Eccl 5:10 — He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.
  • Eccl 5:17 — All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.
  • Eccl 6:7 — All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
  • Eccl 8:15 — Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth
  • Gen 3:17 — And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sak
  • Job 5:7 — Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
  • Matt 6:11 — Give us this day our daily bread.
  • Matt 6:34 — Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
  • Matt 11:28 — Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
  • Matt 16:26 — For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
  • Phil 4:6 — Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
  • Ps 127:2 — It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.