Verse 9
Ecclesiastes 3:9
World English Bible
9
What profit has he who works in that in which he labors?
Original Language Text
hebrew
מַה יִּתְרוֹן֙ הָֽ/עוֹשֶׂ֔ה בַּ/אֲשֶׁ֖ר ה֥וּא עָמֵֽל
English Translation
What is the advantage of a worker in that which he toils?
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Chapter 3 Context
1
For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:
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a time to be born,
and a time to die;
a time to plant,
and a time to pluck up that which is planted;...
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a time to kill,
and a time to heal;
a time to break down,
and a time to build up;
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4
a time to weep,
and a time to laugh;
a time to mourn,
and a time to dance;
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a time to cast away stones,
and a time to gather stones together;
a time to embrace,
and a time to r...
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6
a time to seek,
and a time to lose;
a time to keep,
and a time to cast away;
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a time to tear,
and a time to sew;
a time to keep silence,
and a time to speak;
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8
a time to love,
and a time to hate;
a time for war,
and a time for peace.
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9
What profit has he who works in that in which he labors?
10
I have seen the burden which God (Elohim) has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with.
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11
He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in their hearts, yet so that...
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I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice, and to do good as long as they live.
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13
Also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labor, is the gift of God (Elohi...
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14
I know that whatever God (Elohim) does, it shall be forever. Nothing can be added to it, nor anythin...
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15
That which is has been long ago, and that which is to be has been long ago: and God (Elohim) seeks a...
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16
Moreover I saw under the sun, in the place of justice, that wickedness was there; and in the place o...
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I said in my heart, “God (Elohim) will judge the righteous and the wicked; for there is a time there...
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18
I said in my heart, “As for the sons of men, God (Elohim) tests them, so that they may see that they...
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For that which happens to the sons of men happens to animals. Even one thing happens to them. As the...
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20
All go to one place. All are from the dust, and all turn to dust again.
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21
Who knows the spirit of man, whether it goes upward, and the spirit of the animal, whether it goes d...
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Therefore I saw that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his works; for that...
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