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Ecclesiastes 3:9 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: King James Version
" What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth? "
Ecclesiastes 3:9
Verse in Context
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7 A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
8 A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
9 What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?
10 I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised
11 He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.
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Ecclesiastes 3:1
"To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:"
Ecclesiastes 3:2
"A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;"
Ecclesiastes 3:3
"A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;"
Ecclesiastes 3:4
"A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;"
Ecclesiastes 3:5
"A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;"
Ecclesiastes 3:6
"A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;"
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