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What does man gain from all his labor in which he labors under the sun?
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The Book's Driving Question
Commentators identify this verse as the central, driving question of the entire book of Ecclesiastes. The Preacher asks what ultimate, lasting gain comes from purely human effort. The rest of the book is an exploration of this question, with the final answer only arriving in the last chapter (Ecclesiastes 12:13–14).
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18th Century
Presbyterian
What profit ... - The question often repeated is the great practical inquiry of the book; it receives its final answer in ([Reference Eccles…
19th Century
Anglican
Man is perpetually toiling, yet from all his toil, no lasting result remains. The natural world exhibits a spectacle of unceasing activity, with no…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
What profit has a man of all his labour which he takes under the sun?
This is a general proof of the vanity of all…
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