Ecclesiastes · קֹהֶלֶת

Ecclesiastes 1:3

מַה יִּתְר֖וֹן לָֽאָדָ֑ם בְּכָל עֲמָל֔וֹ שֶֽׁיַּעֲמֹ֖ל תַּ֥חַת הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃
King James Version (KJV)

What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?

Modern English

What does man gain by all the toil at which he toils under the sun?

Hebrew

מַה יִּתְר֖וֹן לָֽאָדָ֑ם בְּכָל עֲמָל֔וֹ שֶֽׁיַּעֲמֹ֖ל תַּ֥חַת הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃

mah yitrvon laʾadam bkal ʿamalvo sheyaʿamol taḥat hashamesh

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