KJV dictionary & concordance
1. Work, toil, effort, exertion, service, or the product of work. 2. Weariness or trouble. 3. Travail in childbirth. 4. To work, strive, serve, or exert oneself.
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Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Genesis 31:42
Complete exact-word concordance
What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?
What profite hath a man of all his labour which hee taketh vnder the Sunne?
1611 marginal noteCha.2.22. and 3.9.
All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
All things are full of labour, man cannot vtter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the eare filled with hearing.
And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour.
And whatsoeuer mine eyes desired, I kept not from them; I withheld not my heart from any ioy: for my heart reioyced in all my labour; and this was my portion of all my labour.
Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
Then I looked on all the workes that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to doe: and behold, all was vanitie, and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit vnder the Sunne.
1611 marginal noteChap.1.3.
¶ Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.
¶ Yea I hated all my labour which I had taken vnder the Sunne: because I should leaue it vnto the man that shalbe after mee.
1611 marginal noteHebr. laboured.
And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.
And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a foole? yet shall he haue rule ouer all my labour, wherein I haue laboured, and wherein I haue shewed my selfe wise vnder the Sunne. This is also vanitie.
1611 marginal notePsal.49.11. &c.
Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.
Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despaire of all the labour which I tooke vnder the Sunne.
For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.
For there is a man whose labour is in wisedome and in knowledge, and in equitie: yet to a man that hath not laboured therein, shall hee leaue it for his portion; This also is vanitie, and a great euill.
1611 marginal noteHebr. giue.
For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?
For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart wherein hee hath laboured vnder the Sunne?
1611 marginal noteChap.1.3. and 3.9.
¶ There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it was from the hand of God.
¶ There is nothing better for a man, then that he should eat and drinke, and that he should make his soule enioy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it was from the hand of God.
1611 marginal noteOr, delight his senses.
1611 marginal noteCha. 3.12, 22. and 5.17. and 8.15.
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