Verse 3

What profit does a man have from all his labor which he does under the sun?

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Hva gagner et menneske av alt sitt arbeid under solen?

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Hva gagner det et menneske av all hans strev som han arbeider med under solen?

• Norsk King James

  Hva nytte har et menneske av alt sitt arbeid som han gjør under solen?

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Hva får mennesket ut av alt sitt strev som det sliter med under solen?

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Hva får et menneske ut av all den strev han arbeider med under solen?

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Hva har en mann igjen for all sin strev som han arbeider med under solen?

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Hvilken nytte har et menneske av alt sitt arbeid under solen?

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Hva har en mann igjen for all sin strev som han arbeider med under solen?

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Hva nytte har mennesket av all sin møye som han strever med under solen?

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  What does man gain from all his labor at which he toils under the sun?

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Hva har mennesket igjen for alt sitt strev, med hvilket det sliter under solen?

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Hvad Fordeel haver Mennesket i al sin Møie, som det bemøier sig med under Solen?

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Hva utbytte har et menneske av all sin strev under solen?

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Hva tjener et menneske på alt sitt arbeid som han strever med under solen?

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Hva nytte har mennesket av all sin strev under solen?

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Hva har mennesket igjen for all sin strev under solen?

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Hva tjener et menneske ved alt sitt arbeid som han gjør under solen?

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For what els hath a ma, of all the labor yt he taketh vnder the Sonne?

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  What remaineth vnto man in all his trauaile, which he suffereth vnder ye sunne?

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For what els hath a man of all the labour that he taketh vnder the sunne?

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  What does man gain from all his labor in which he labors under the sun?

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  What advantage `is' to man by all his labour that he laboureth at under the sun?

• American Standard Version (1901)

  What profit hath man of all his labor wherein he laboreth under the sun?

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  What is a man profited by all his work which he does under the sun?

• World English Bible (2000)

  What does man gain from all his labor in which he labors under the sun?

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Futility Illustrated from Nature What benefit do people get from all the effort which they expend on earth?

Referenced Verses

• Eccl 5:16 : 16 And this also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go; and what profit has he who has labored for the wind?
• Eccl 2:22 : 22 For what has man from all his labor, and of the striving of his heart with which he has labored under the sun?
• Eccl 3:9 : 9 What profit does he have who works in that which he labors?
• Eccl 2:11 : 11 Then I looked on all the works that my hands had done and on the labor I had toiled to do; and behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
• Prov 23:4-5 : 4 Do not labor to be rich; cease from your own wisdom. 5 Will you set your eyes on that which is not? For riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
• Mark 8:36-37 : 36 For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? 37 Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?
• John 6:27 : 27 Do not labor for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to everlasting life, which the Son of Man shall give to you: for him God the Father has sealed.
• Matt 16:26 : 26 For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?
• Eccl 2:19 : 19 And who knows whether he will be wise or a fool? Yet he will rule over all my labor in which I have labored and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.
• Eccl 4:3 : 3 Yes, better is he than both, who has not yet been, who has not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.
• Eccl 5:18 : 18 Behold, what I have seen: it is good and fitting for one to eat and drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labor in which he toils under the sun all the days of his life, which God gives him; for it is his portion.
• Eccl 6:12 : 12 For who knows what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spends as a shadow? For who can tell a man what will be after him under the sun?
• Eccl 7:11 : 11 Wisdom is good with an inheritance, and by it there is profit to those who see the sun.
• Eccl 8:15-17 : 15 So I commended joy, because a man has no better thing under the sun than to eat, drink, and be merry; for this will remain with him in his labor the days of his life, which God gives him under the sun. 16 When I applied my heart to know wisdom and to see the work that is done upon the earth (for there are those who neither day nor night see sleep with their eyes), 17 Then I saw all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun. Even though a man labors to seek it out, he shall not find it; moreover, though a wise man thinks to know it, he shall not be able to find it.
• Eccl 9:3 : 3 This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event to all: yes, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that, they go to the dead.
• Eccl 9:6 : 6 Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion forever in anything that is done under the sun.
• Eccl 9:13 : 13 This wisdom I have seen also under the sun, and it seemed great to me:
• Isa 55:2 : 2 Why do you spend money on what is not bread, and your labor on what does not satisfy? Listen diligently to me, and eat what is good, and let your soul delight itself in abundance.
• Hab 2:13 : 13 Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts that the people shall labor in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for mere vanity?
• Hab 2:18 : 18 What profit is the carved image that its maker has carved it; the molded image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusts in it, to make mute idols?
• Eccl 4:7 : 7 Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.