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Ecclesiastes 1:3 (100.00%)

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

What profit H3504 hath a man H120 of all his labour H5999 which he taketh H5998 (8799) under the sun H8121?

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

Ecclesiastes 2:13 (100.00%)

Then I saw that wisdom excels folly, as far as light excels darkness.

Then I saw H7200 (8804) that H3426 wisdom H2451 excelleth H3504 folly H5531, as far as light H216 excelleth H3504 darkness H2822.

And I saw that there is an advantage to wisdom above folly, like the advantage of the light above the darkness.

Ecclesiastes 2:11 (100.00%)

Then I looked at all the works that my hands had worked, and at the labor that I had labored to do; and behold, all was vanity and a chasing after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.

Then I looked H6437 (8804) on all the works H4639 that my hands H3027 had wrought H6213 (8804), and on the labour H5999 that I had laboured H5998 (8804) to do H6213 (8800): and, behold, all [was] vanity H1892 and vexation H7469 of spirit H7307, and [there was] no profit H3504 under the sun H8121.

and I have looked on all my works that my hands have done, and on the labour that I have laboured to do, and lo, the whole is vanity and vexation of spirit, and there is no advantage under the sun!

Ecclesiastes 3:9 (100.00%)

What profit has he who works in that in which he labors?

What profit H3504 hath he that worketh H6213 (8802) in that wherein H834 he laboureth H6001?

What advantage hath the doer in that which he is labouring at?

Ecclesiastes 5:9 (100.00%)

Moreover the profit of the earth is for all. The king profits from the field.

Moreover the profit H3504 of the earth H776 is for all: the king H4428 [himself] is served H5647 (8738) by the field H7704.

And the abundance of a land is for all. A king for a field is served.

Ecclesiastes 5:16 (100.00%)

This also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go. And what profit does he have who labors for the wind?

And this H2090 also [is] a sore H2470 (8802) evil H7451, [that] in all points H5980 as he came H935 (8804), so shall he go H3212 (8799): and what profit H3504 hath he that hath laboured H5998 (8799) for the wind H7307?

And this also is a painful evil, just as he came, so he goeth, and what advantage is to him who laboureth for wind?

Ecclesiastes 10:11 (100.00%)

If the snake bites before it is charmed, then is there no profit for the charmer’s tongue.

Surely the serpent H5175 will bite H5391 (8799) without enchantment H3908; and a babbler H3956 H1167 is no better H3504.

If the serpent biteth without enchantment, Then there is no advantage to a master of the tongue.

Ecclesiastes 10:10 (100.00%)

If the ax is blunt, and one doesn’t sharpen the edge, then he must use more strength; but skill brings success.

If the iron H1270 be blunt H6949 (8765), and he do not whet H7043 (8773) the edge H6440, then must he put H1396 (8762) to more strength H2428: but wisdom H2451 [is] profitable H3504 to direct H3787 (8687).

If the iron hath been blunt, And he the face hath not sharpened, Then doth he increase strength, And wisdom is advantageous to make right.

Ecclesiastes 7:12 (100.00%)

For wisdom is a defense, even as money is a defense; but the excellency of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of him who has it.

For wisdom H2451 [is] a defence H6738, [and] money H3701 [is] a defence H6738: but the excellency H3504 of knowledge H1847 [is, that] wisdom H2451 giveth life H2421 (8762) to them that have H1167 it.

For wisdom is a defense, money is a defence, And the advantage of the knowledge of wisdom is, She reviveth her possessors.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.