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Ecclesiastes 3:9–10
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Ecclesiastes 3:9
9What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?
9*What profite hath hee that worketh, in that wherein he laboureth?
- Chap. 1.3.
Ecclesiastes 3:10
10I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.
10I haue seene the trauaile which God hath giuen to the sonnes of men, to be exercised in it.
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DEFINED WORDS
Ecclesiastes 3:9
Benefit or advantage; also to benefit, improve, or advance.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Works; acts, labours, produces, accomplishes, or operates.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
In which; in what thing, place, time, or respect.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
DEFINED WORDS
Ecclesiastes 3:10
Painful toil or labour, especially the labour and pain of childbirth.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat, Bible Words Glossary (1893) · Webster 1828
A deity or object of worship; when referring to the LORD, the one true God.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Bestowed, granted, delivered, or appointed.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Occupied or employed in a difficult task.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat, Bible Words Glossary (1893) · KJV usage
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From verse 9
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Open the full verse study3What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?
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Open the full verse study16And this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind?
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Open the full verse study23In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
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Open the full verse study11Then 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.
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Open the full verse study22For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?
23For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.
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Open the full verse study26For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
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Open the full verse study13And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.
14I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
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Open the full verse study19In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
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Open the full verse study26For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.
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Open the full verse study9For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail: for labouring night and day, because we would not be chargeable unto any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God.
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Open the full verse study8Neither did we eat any man’s bread for nought; but wrought with labour and travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you:
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