Ecclesiastes 1:3 meaning and explanation
What does a man gain from all his labor, at which he toils under the sun?
Ecclesiastes 1:3, Berean Standard Bible
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The Teacher, presented as David's son and king in Jerusalem, opens his book with a question that frames everything that follows. Having declared "futility of futilities," he asks what profit a person actually receives from all the labor done "under the sun," a phrase that means life in this world apart from heaven's perspective.
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