Ecclesiastes 2:22

NETBible

What does a man acquire from all his labor and from the anxiety that accompanies his toil on earth? 1 

NIV ©

What does a man get for all the toil and anxious striving with which he labours under the sun?

NASB ©

For what does a man get in all his labor and in his striving with which he labors under the sun?

NLT ©

So what do people get for all their hard work?

MSG ©

So what do you get from a life of hard labor?

BBE ©

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?

NRSV ©

What do mortals get from all the toil and strain with which they toil under the sun?

NKJV ©

For what has man for all his labor, and for the striving of his heart with which he has toiled under the sun?

KJV
For what hath
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man
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of all his labour
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and of the vexation
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of his heart
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wherein
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he hath laboured
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under the sun
<08121>_?
NASB ©
For what
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does a man
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get
<1933>
in all
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his labor
<5999>
and in his striving
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with which
<7945>
he labors
<6001>
under
<8478>
the sun
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?
LXXM
oti
<3754> 
CONJ
ti
<5100> 
I-NSN
ginetai
<1096> 
V-PMI-3S
tw
<3588> 
T-DSM
anyrwpw
<444> 
N-DSM
en
<1722> 
PREP
panti
<3956> 
A-DSM
mocyw
<3449> 
N-DSM
autou
<846> 
D-GSM
kai
<2532> 
CONJ
en
<1722> 
PREP
proairesei {N-DSF} kardiav
<2588> 
N-GSF
autou
<846> 
D-GSM
w
<3739> 
R-DSM
autov
<846> 
D-NSM
mocyei {V-PAI-3S} upo
<5259> 
PREP
ton
<3588> 
T-ASM
hlion
<2246> 
N-ASM
NET [draft] ITL
What
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does a man
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acquire
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from all
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his labor
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and from the anxiety
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that accompanies
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his
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toil
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on earth
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?
HEBREW
smsh
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txt
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lme
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awhs
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wbl
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Nwyerbw
<07475>
wlme
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lkb
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Mdal
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hwh
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hm
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yk (2:22)
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NETBible

What does a man acquire from all his labor and from the anxiety that accompanies his toil on earth? 1 

NET Notes

1 tn Heb “under the sun.” The rhetorical question is an example of negative affirmation, expecting a negative answer: “Man acquires nothing” (see E. W. Bullinger, Figures of Speech, 949-51).