For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?
KJV
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4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsFor what hath a man of all his labor, and of the striving of his heart, wherein he laboreth under the sun?
For what does a man get for all the toil and striving with which he labors under the sun?
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?
For what will man have of all his labour and of the striving of his heart, wherewith he hath wearied himself under the sun?
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentEcclesiastes — Qohelet the Preacher — ''vanity of vanities, all is vanity.'' The book's relentless examination of life under the sun, resolving not in despair but in ''fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.''
- Author
- Traditional: Solomon (''son of David, king in Jerusalem''). Critical: a later Qohelet figure writing in Solomonic persona. §7.9 surfaces; Pastor Marc's drawer carries the position.
- Date
- Solomonic reading: c. 940 BC. Critical reading: Persian or early Hellenistic period (5th–3rd century BC).