Ecclesiastes
Ecclesiastes 2:22
22For what does a man get for all the toil and striving with which he labors under the sun?
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| For | כִּ֠י | kî | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| what | מֶֽה־ | meh- | Interrogative | H4100 what? how? aught |
| does a man | לָֽאָדָם֙ | lā·’ā·ḏām | Preposition-l, Article; Noun - masculine singular | H120 man, mankind |
| get | הֹוֶ֤ה | hō·weh | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular | H1933 fall |
| for all | בְּכָל־ | bə·ḵāl | Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct | H3605 the whole, all |
| the toil | עֲמָל֔וֹ | ‘ă·mā·lōw | Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular | H5999 trouble, labour, toil |
| and striving | וּבְרַעְי֖וֹן | ū·ḇə·ra‘·yō·wn | Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct | H7475 id. |
| with which | שֶׁה֥וּא | še·hū | Pronoun - relative; Pronoun - third person masculine singular | H1931 he, she |
| he labors | עָמֵ֖ל | ‘ā·mêl | Noun - masculine singular | H6001 labourer, sufferer |
| under | תַּ֥חַת | ta·ḥaṯ | Preposition | H8478 the under part |
| the sun | הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃ | haš·šā·meš | Article; Noun - common singular | H8121 sun |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Psalm 127:2 · Ecclesiastes 1:3 · Philippians 4:6 · 1 Timothy 6:8 · Matthew 6:34 · 1 Peter 5:7 · Ecclesiastes 3:9 · Ecclesiastes 4:6 · Ecclesiastes 5:10–11 · Ecclesiastes 6:7–8 · Ecclesiastes 4:8 · Ecclesiastes 5:17
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.