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Ecclesiastes 1:3–4

3 aWhat advantage does man have in all his work

Which he does under the sun?

4 A generation goes and a generation comes,

But the aearth 1remains forever.

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Ecclesiastes 1:3–4 — The New International Version (NIV)

What do people gain from all their labors

at which they toil under the sun?

Generations come and generations go,

but the earth remains forever.

Ecclesiastes 1:3–4 — English Standard Version (ESV)

What does man gain by all the toil

at which he toils under the sun?

A generation goes, and a generation comes,

but the earth remains forever.

Ecclesiastes 1:3–4 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

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

One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.

Ecclesiastes 1:3–4 — New Living Translation (NLT)

What do people get for all their hard work under the sun? Generations come and generations go, but the earth never changes.

Ecclesiastes 1:3–4 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

What profit has a man from all his labor

In which he toils under the sun?

One generation passes away, and another generation comes;

But the earth abides forever.

Ecclesiastes 1:3–4 — New Century Version (NCV)

What do people really gain

from all the hard work they do here on earth?

People live, and people die,

but the earth continues forever.

Ecclesiastes 1:3–4 — American Standard Version (ASV)

What profit hath man of all his labor wherein he laboreth under the sun? One generation goeth, and another generation cometh; but the earth abideth for ever.

Ecclesiastes 1:3–4 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

What profit hath man of all his labour wherewith he laboureth under the sun?

One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh, but the earth standeth for ever.

Ecclesiastes 1:3–4 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

What do people gain from all their hard work under the sun? 

Generations come, and generations go, 

but the earth lasts forever. 

Ecclesiastes 1:3–4 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

What does a man gain for all his efforts

that he labors at under the sun?

A generation goes and a generation comes,

but the earth remains forever.

Ecclesiastes 1:3–4 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

What do people gain from all the toil

at which they toil under the sun?

A generation goes, and a generation comes,

but the earth remains forever.

Ecclesiastes 1:3–4 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

What does a person gain in all his toil

with which he toils under the sun?

A generation goes, and a generation comes,

but the earth stands forever.

Ecclesiastes 1:3–4 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

What does a man get for all of his work?

Why does he work so hard on this earth?

People come and people go.

But the earth remains forever.


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