Ecclesiastes 2:22

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

biblegateway Ecc 2:22

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

biblegateway Ecc 2:22

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

biblegateway Ecc 2:22

So what do people get for all their hard work?

biblegateway Ecc 2:22

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

SABDAweb Ecc 2:22

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?

bibleoremus Ecc 2:22

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

biblegateway Ecc 2:22

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

biblegateway Ecc 2:22

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

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).