Ecclesiastes 3:9 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?”
Ecclesiastes 3:9 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Ecclesiastes 3:9 in 6 Bible Translations
Read Ecclesiastes 3:9 in the King James Version (KJV) and 5 other free, public-domain translations side by side.
Ecclesiastes 3:9 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“What profit has he who works in that in which he labors?”
Ecclesiastes 3:9 — World English Bible
Ecclesiastes 3:9 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboreth?”
Ecclesiastes 3:9 — American Standard Version
Ecclesiastes 3:9 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“What advantage hath the doer in that which he is labouring at?”
Ecclesiastes 3:9 — Young's Literal Translation
Ecclesiastes 3:9 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“What profit hath he that worketh from that wherein he laboureth?”
Ecclesiastes 3:9 — Darby Translation
Ecclesiastes 3:9 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“What profite hath hee that worketh of the thing wherein he trauaileth?”
Ecclesiastes 3:9 — Geneva Bible
Ecclesiastes 3:9 in Context — Ecclesiastes 3
7 A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
8 A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
9 What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?
10 I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.
11 He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.
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What Does Ecclesiastes 3:9 Mean?
Ecclesiastes 3:9 is a verse from the Book of Ecclesiastes, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Ecclesiastes chapter 3. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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