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Ecclesiastes Chapter 2 verse 22 Holy Bible

ASV Ecclesiastes 2:22

For what hath a man of all his labor, and of the striving of his heart, wherein he laboreth under the sun?
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BBE Ecclesiastes 2:22

What does a man get for all his work, and for the weight of care with which he has done his work under the sun?
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DARBY Ecclesiastes 2:22

For what will man have of all his labour and of the striving of his heart, wherewith he hath wearied himself under the sun?
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KJV Ecclesiastes 2:22

For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?
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WBT Ecclesiastes 2:22


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WEB Ecclesiastes 2:22

For what has a man of all his labor, and of the striving of his heart, in which he labors under the sun?
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YLT Ecclesiastes 2:22

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?
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 22. - What hath man of all his labor? i.e. what is to be the result to man? Γίνεται ἐν τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ; (Septuagint); Quidenim proderit homini? (Vulgate). There is, indeed, the pleasure that accompanies the pursuit of objects, and the successful accomplishment of enterprise; but this is poor and unsubstantial and embittered. And of the vexation of his heart; the striving, the effort of his mind to direct his labor to great ends. What does all this produce? The answer intended is," Nothing." This striving, with all its wisdom and knowledge and skill (ver. 21), is for the laborer fruitless.

Ellicott's Commentary