Ecclesiastes 1:3-5
Legacy Standard Bible
3 (A)What advantage does man have in all his labor
In which he labors under the sun?
4 A generation goes and a generation comes,
But the (B)earth stands forever.
5 Also, (C)the sun rises and the sun sets;
And [a]hastening to its place it rises there again.
Footnotes
- Ecclesiastes 1:5 Lit panting
Ecclesiastes 1:3-5
King James Version
3 What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?
4 One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.
5 The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.
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Ecclesiastes 1:3-5
New King James Version
3 (A)What profit has a man from all his labor
In which he [a]toils under the sun?
4 One generation passes away, and another generation comes;
(B)But the earth abides forever.
5 (C)The sun also rises, and the sun goes down,
And [b]hastens to the place where it arose.
Footnotes
- Ecclesiastes 1:3 labors
- Ecclesiastes 1:5 Is eager for, lit. panting
Ecclesiastes 1:3-5
English Standard Version
3 (A)What (B)does man gain by all the toil
at which he toils under the sun?
4 A generation goes, and a generation comes,
but (C)the earth remains forever.
5 (D)The sun rises, and the sun goes down,
and hastens[a] to the place where it rises.
Footnotes
- Ecclesiastes 1:5 Or and returns panting
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