Ecclesiastes 3:9

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Ecclesiastes 3:9

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Berean Standard Bible

What does the worker gain from his toil?

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KJV

King James Version

What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?

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WEB

World English Bible

What profit has he who works in that in which he labors?

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ASV

American Standard Version

What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboreth?

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Berean Literal Bible

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Ecclesiastes 3

⁷ a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak,

⁸ a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace.

⁹ What does the worker gain from his toil?

¹⁰ I have seen the burden that God has laid upon the sons of men to occupy them.

¹¹ He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men, yet they cannot fathom the work that God has done from beginning to end.

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