Catholic Public Domain Version
"What more does a man have from all his labor, as he labors under the sun?"
— Ecclesiastes 1:3, Catholic Public Domain Version
“What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?”
“What profit hath man of all his labor wherein he laboreth under the sun? ”
“What does man gain from all his labor in which he labors under the sun?”
“Futility Illustrated from Nature What benefit do people get from all the effort which they expend on earth?”
“What hath a man more of all his labour, that he taketh under the sun?”
“What is a man profited by all his work which he does under the sun?”
“What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?”
The words of Ecclesiastes, the son of David, the king of Jerusalem.
Ecclesiastes said: Vanity of vanities! Vanity of vanities, and all is vanity!
What more does a man have from all his labor, as he labors under the sun?
A generation passes away, and a generation arrives. But the earth stands forever.
The sun rises and sets; it returns to its place, and from there, being born again,
it circles through the south, and arcs toward the north. The spirit continues on, illuminating everything in its circuit, and turning again in its cycle.