Ecclesiastes 2:22 — compare English translations
Compare translationsEcclesiastes 2:22 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
כִּ֠י
kîy
H3588
that
מֶֽה
mâh
H4100
what
הֹוֶ֤ה
hâvâʼ
H1933
to be
לָֽאָדָם֙
ʼâdâm
H120
man
בְּכָל
kôl
H3605
all
עֲמָל֔וֹ
ʻâmâl
H5999
toil
וּבְרַעְי֖וֹן
raʻyôwn
H7475
longing
לִבּ֑ו
lêb
H3820
heart
שֶׁה֥וּא
hûwʼ
H1931
he
עָמֵ֖ל
ʻâmêl
H6001
laborer
תַּ֥חַת
tachath
H8478
under
הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ
shemesh
H8121
sun
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
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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King James Version Public Domain
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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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
For what endures for the person in exchange for all his toil and in the striving of his heart which he a toiler under the sun?
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).