Ecclesiastes 2:22
New International Version
What do people get for all the toil and anxious striving with which they labor under the sun?

New Living Translation
So what do people get in this life for all their hard work and anxiety?

English Standard Version
What has a man from all the toil and striving of heart with which he toils beneath the sun?

Berean Standard Bible
For what does a man get for all the toil and striving with which he labors under the sun?

Berean Literal Bible
For what has been for the man for all his toil and for the striving of his heart, with which he toils under the sun?

King James Bible
For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?

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

New American Standard Bible
For what does a person get in all his labor and in his striving with which he labors under the sun?

NASB 1995
For what does a man get in all his labor and in his striving with which he labors under the sun?

NASB 1977
For what does a man get in all his labor and in his striving with which he labors under the sun?

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

Amplified Bible
For what does a man get from all his labor and from the striving and sorrow of his heart with which he labors under the sun?

Berean Annotated Bible
For what does a man get for all the toil and striving with which he labors under the sun?

Christian Standard Bible
For what does a person get with all his work and all his efforts that he labors at under the sun?

Holman Christian Standard Bible
For what does a man get with all his work and all his efforts that he labors at under the sun?

American Standard Version
For what hath a man of all his labor, and of the striving of his heart, wherein he laboreth under the sun?

Contemporary English Version
What do we really gain from all of our hard work?

English Revised Version
For what hath a man of all his labour, and of the striving of his heart, wherein he laboureth under the sun?

GOD'S WORD® Translation
What do people get from all of their hard work and struggles under the sun?

Good News Translation
You work and worry your way through life, and what do you have to show for it?

International Standard Version
For what does a person gain from everything that he accomplishes and from his inner life struggles that he undergoes while working on earth?

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

New Heart English Bible
For what has a man of all his labor, and of the striving of his heart, in which he labors under the sun?

Webster's Bible Translation
For what hath man of all his labor, and of the vexation of his heart, in which he hath labored under the sun?
Majority Text Translations
Majority Standard Bible
For what does a man get for all the toil and striving with which he labors under the sun?

World English Bible
For what does a man have of all his labor and of the striving of his heart, in which he labors under the sun?
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
For what has been to a man by all his labor, and by the thought of his heart that he labored at under the sun?

Berean Literal Bible
For what has been for the man for all his toil and for the striving of his heart, with which he toils under the sun?

Young's Literal Translation
For what hath been to a man by all his labour, and by the thought of his heart that he laboured at under the sun?

Smith's Literal Translation
For what was to man in all his labor, and in the striving of his heart, he labored under the sun?
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
For what profit shall a man have of all his labour, and vexation of spirit, with which he bath been tormented under the sun?

Catholic Public Domain Version
For how can a man benefit from all his labor and affliction of spirit, by which he has been tormented under the sun?

New American Bible
For what profit comes to mortals from all the toil and anxiety of heart with which they toil under the sun?

New Revised Standard Version
What do mortals get from all the toil and strain with which they toil under the sun?
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
For what profit shall a man have of all his labor and of the desire of his heart wherein he has labored under the sun?

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And what does a son of man have in all his labor and in the desire of his heart which he wrought under the sun?
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
For what hath a man of all his labour, and of the striving of his heart, wherein he laboureth under the sun?

Brenton Septuagint Translation
For it happens to a man in all his labour, and in the purpose of his heart wherein he labours under the sun.

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Context
The Futility of Work
21When there is a man who has labored with wisdom, knowledge, and skill, and he must give his portion to a man who has not worked for it, this too is futile and a great evil. 22For what does a man get for all the toil and striving with which he labors under the sun? 23Indeed, all his days are filled with grief, and his task is sorrowful; even at night, his mind does not rest. This too is futile.…