Ecclesiastes 1:3-4
Ecclesiastes 1:3-4 King James Version (KJV)
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 1:2-11 The Message (MSG)
Smoke, nothing but smoke. [That’s what the Quester says.] There’s nothing to anything—it’s all smoke. What’s there to show for a lifetime of work, a lifetime of working your fingers to the bone? One generation goes its way, the next one arrives, but nothing changes—it’s business as usual for old planet earth. The sun comes up and the sun goes down, then does it again, and again—the same old round. The wind blows south, the wind blows north. Around and around and around it blows, blowing this way, then that—the whirling, erratic wind. All the rivers flow into the sea, but the sea never fills up. The rivers keep flowing to the same old place, and then start all over and do it again. Everything’s boring, utterly boring— no one can find any meaning in it. Boring to the eye, boring to the ear. What was will be again, what happened will happen again. There’s nothing new on this earth. Year after year it’s the same old thing. Does someone call out, “Hey, this is new”? Don’t get excited—it’s the same old story. Nobody remembers what happened yesterday. And the things that will happen tomorrow? Nobody’ll remember them either. Don’t count on being remembered.
Ecclesiastes 1:3-4 King James Version (KJV)
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 American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
What advantage does man have in all his work Which he does under the sun? A generation goes and a generation comes, But the earth remains 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 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 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 Amplified Bible (AMP)
¶What advantage does man have from all his work Which he does under the sun (while earthbound)? One generation goes and another generation comes, But the earth remains forever. [Ps 119:90]