Verse 3
Ecclesiastes 1:3
American Standard Version
3
What profit hath man of all his labor wherein he laboreth under the sun?
Original Language Text
hebrew
מַה יִּתְר֖וֹן לָֽ/אָדָ֑ם בְּ/כָל עֲמָל֔/וֹ שֶֽׁ/יַּעֲמֹ֖ל תַּ֥חַת הַ/שָּֽׁמֶשׁ
English Translation
What advantage does a person have in all his labor in which he toils under the sun?
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 1 Context
1
The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
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Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher; vanity of vanities, all is vanity.
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What profit hath man of all his labor wherein he laboreth under the sun?
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One generation goeth, and another generation cometh; but the earth abideth for ever.
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5
The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to its place where it ariseth.
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The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it turneth about continually in i...
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7
All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full; unto the place whither the rivers go, thit...
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8
All things are full of weariness; man cannot utter [it]: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor t...
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9
That which hath been is that which shall be; and that which hath been done is that which shall be do...
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10
Is there a thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been long ago, in the ages which...
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11
There is no remembrance of the former [generations]; neither shall there be any remembrance of the l...
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12
I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
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13
And I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under heaven:...
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14
I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and a striving aft...
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15
That which is crooked cannot be made straight; and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.
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16
I communed with mine own hear, saying, Lo, I have gotten me great wisdom above all that were before...
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And I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also was...
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For in much wisdom is much grief; and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.
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