22 What has a man from (A)all the toil and striving of heart with which he toils beneath the sun?

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22 What do people get for all the toil and anxious striving with which they labor under the sun?(A)

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(A)What (B)does man gain by all the toil
    at which he toils under the sun?

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What do people gain from all their labors
    at which they toil under the sun?(A)

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It is in vain that you rise up early
    and go late to rest,
eating the bread of anxious (A)toil;
    for he gives to his (B)beloved (C)sleep.

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In vain you rise early
    and stay up late,
toiling for food(A) to eat—
    for he grants sleep(B) to[a] those he loves.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 127:2 Or eat— / for while they sleep he provides for

(A)casting all your anxieties on him, because (B)he cares for you.

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Cast all your anxiety on him(A) because he cares for you.(B)

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But (A)if we have food and clothing, with these we will be content.

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But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that.(A)

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(A)do not be anxious about anything, (B)but in everything by prayer and supplication (C)with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.

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Do not be anxious about anything,(A) but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.(B)

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34 (A)“Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.

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34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

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(A)Better is a handful of (B)quietness than two hands full of toil and a striving after wind.

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Better one handful with tranquillity
    than two handfuls with toil(A)
    and chasing after the wind.

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The God-Given Task

What (A)gain has the worker from his toil?

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What do workers gain from their toil?(A)

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26 For (A)what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or (B)what shall a man give in return for his soul?

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26 What good will it be for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul?

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11 (A)Give us (B)this day our daily bread,[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 6:11 Or our bread for tomorrow

11 Give us today our daily bread.(A)

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15 And I commend joy, for man (A)has nothing better under the sun but to (B)eat and drink and be joyful, for this will go with him in his toil through the days of his life that God has given him under the sun.

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15 So I commend the enjoyment of life(A), because there is nothing better for a person under the sun than to eat and drink(B) and be glad.(C) Then joy will accompany them in their toil all the days of the life God has given them under the sun.

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(A)All the toil of man is for his mouth, yet his appetite is not satisfied.[a] For what advantage has the wise man (B)over the fool? And what does the poor man have who knows how to conduct himself before the living?

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 6:7 Hebrew filled

Everyone’s toil is for their mouth,
    yet their appetite is never satisfied.(A)
What advantage have the wise over fools?(B)
What do the poor gain
    by knowing how to conduct themselves before others?

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