Ecclesiastes 2:22
Ecclesiastes 2:20-23 The Message (MSG)
That’s when I called it quits, gave up on anything that could be hoped for on this earth. What’s the point of working your fingers to the bone if you hand over what you worked for to someone who never lifted a finger for it? Smoke, that’s what it is. A bad business from start to finish. So what do you get from a life of hard labor? Pain and grief from dawn to dusk. Never a decent night’s rest. Nothing but smoke.
Ecclesiastes 2:22 King James Version (KJV)
For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?
Ecclesiastes 2:22 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
For what does a man get in all his labor and in his striving with which he labors under the sun?
Ecclesiastes 2:22 New Century Version (NCV)
What do people get for all their work and struggling here on earth?
Ecclesiastes 2:22 American Standard Version (ASV)
For what hath a man of all his labor, and of the striving of his heart, wherein he laboreth under the sun?
Ecclesiastes 2:22 New International Version (NIV)
What do people get for all the toil and anxious striving with which they labor under the sun?
Ecclesiastes 2:22 New King James Version (NKJV)
For what has man for all his labor, and for the striving of his heart with which he has toiled under the sun?
Ecclesiastes 2:22 Amplified Bible (AMP)
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?