Catholic Public Domain Version
"For how can a man benefit from all his labor and affliction of spirit, by which he has been tormented under the sun? "
— Ecclesiastes 2:22, Catholic Public Domain Version
“For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?”
“For what hath a man of all his labor, and of the striving of his heart, wherein he laboreth under the sun? ”
“For what has a man of all his labor, and of the striving of his heart, in which he labors under the sun?”
“Painful Days and Restless Nights What does a man acquire from all his labor and from the anxiety that accompanies his toil on earth?”
“For what profit shall a man have of all his labour, and vexation of spirit, with which he hath been tormented under the sun?”
“What does a man get for all his work, and for the weight of care with which he has done his work under the sun?”
“For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?”
though I know not whether he will be wise or foolish. And yet he will have power over my labors, in which I have toiled and been anxious. And is there anything else so empty?
Therefore, I ceased, and my heart renounced further laboring under the sun.
For when someone labors in wisdom, and doctrine, and prudence, he leaves behind what he has obtained to one who is idle. So this, too, is emptiness and a great burden.
For how can a man benefit from all his labor and affliction of spirit, by which he has been tormented under the sun?
All his days have been filled with sorrows and hardships; neither does he rest his mind, even in the night. And is this not emptiness?
Is it not better to eat and drink, and to show his soul the good things of his labors? And this is from the hand of God.
So who will feast and overflow with delights as much as I have?