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Chinese NCV (Simplified)

人的一切勞碌，就是他在日光之下的勞碌，對自己有甚麼益處呢？

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
人 一 切 的 劳 碌 ， 就 是 他 在 日 光 之 下 的 劳 碌 ， 有 甚 麽 益 处 呢 ？

Contextual Overview

¹ These are the words of the Teacher, a son of David, king in Jerusalem. ² The Teacher says, "Useless! Useless! Completely useless! Everything is useless." ³ What do people really gain from all the hard work they do here on earth?

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

profit: Ecclesiastes 2:22, Ecclesiastes 3:9, Ecclesiastes 5:16, Proverbs 23:4, Proverbs 23:5, Isaiah 55:2, Habakkuk 2:13, Habakkuk 2:18, Matthew 16:26, Mark 8:36, Mark 8:37, John 6:27

under: Ecclesiastes 2:11, Ecclesiastes 2:19, Ecclesiastes 4:3, Ecclesiastes 4:7, Ecclesiastes 5:18, Ecclesiastes 6:12, Ecclesiastes 7:11, Ecclesiastes 8:15-17, Ecclesiastes 9:3, Ecclesiastes 9:6, Ecclesiastes 9:13

Reciprocal: Genesis 3:17 - cursed Genesis 3:19 - In Psalms 119:96 - I have seen

Cross-References

Job 36:30
Watch how God scatters his lightning around him, lighting up the deepest parts of the sea.

Job 38:19
"What is the path to light's home, and where does darkness live?

Psalms 33:6
The sky was made at the Lord 's command. By the breath from his mouth, he made all the stars.

Psalms 33:9
He spoke, and it happened. He commanded, and it appeared.

Psalms 97:11
Light shines on those who do right; joy belongs to those who are honest.

Psalms 104:2
you wear light like a robe. You stretch out the skies like a tent.

Psalms 118:27
The Lord is God, and he has shown kindness to us. With branches in your hands, join the feast. Come to the corners of the altar.

Psalms 148:5
Let them praise the Lord , because they were created by his command.

Isaiah 45:7
I made the light and the darkness. I bring peace, and I cause troubles. I, the Lord , do all these things.

Isaiah 60:19
The sun will no longer be your light during the day nor will the brightness from the moon be your light, because the Lord will be your light forever, and your God will be your glory.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?] This is a general proof of the vanity of all things, since there is no profit arises to a man of all his labour; for, though it is put by way of question, it carries in it a strong negative. All things a man enjoys he gets by labour; for man, through sin, is doomed and born unto it, Job 5:7; he gets his bread by the sweat of his brow, which is a part of the curse for sin; and the wealth and riches got by a diligent hand, with a divine blessing, are got by labour; and so all knowledge of natural and civil things is acquired through much labour and weariness of the flesh; and these are things a man labours for "under the sun", which measures out the time of his labour: when the sun riseth, man goeth forth to his labour; and, by the light and comfortable warmth of it, he performs his work with more exactness and cheerfulness; in some climates, and in some seasons, its heat, especially at noon, makes labour burdensome, which is called, bearing "the heat and burden of the day", Matthew 20:12; and, when it sets, it closes the time of service and labour, and therefore the servant earnestly desires the evening shadow, Job 7:2. But now, of what profit and advantage is all this labour man takes under the sun, towards his happiness in the world above the sun? that glory and felicity, which lies in super celestial places in Christ Jesus? none at all. Or, "what remains of all his labour?" p as it may be rendered; that is, after death: so the Targum,

"what is there remains to a man after he is dead, of all his labour which he laboured under the sun in this world?''

nothing at all. He goes naked out of the world as he came into it; he can carry nothing away with him of all his wealth and substance he has acquired; nor any of his worldly glory, and grandeur, and titles of honour; these all die with him, his glory does not descend after him; wherefore it is a clear case that all these things are vanity of vanities; see Job 1:21. And, indeed, works of righteousness done by men, and trusted in, and by which they labour to establish a justifying righteousness, are of no profit and advantage to them in the business of justification and salvation; indeed, when these are done from right principles, and with right views, the labour in them shall not be in vain; God will not forget it; it shall have a reward of grace, though not of debt.

p מה יתדון בכל עמלו "quid habet amplius homo?" V. L. "quid residui?" Vatablus, Piscator, Mercerus, Gejerus, Rambachius; "quantum enim homini reliquum est, post omnem saum laborem?" Tigurine version.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

What profit ... - The question often repeated is the great practical inquiry of the book; it receives its final answer in Ecclesiastes 12:13-14. When this question was asked, the Lord had not yet spoken Matthew 11:28. The word “profit” (or pre-eminence) is opposed to “vanity.”

Hath a man - Rather, hath man.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ecclesiastes 1:3. What profit hath a man — What is the sum of the real good he has gained by all his toils in life? They, in themselves, have neither made him contented nor happy.