Ecclesiastes
Ecclesiastes 3:9
9What does the worker gain from his toil?
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| What | מַה־ | mah- | Interrogative | H4100 what? how? aught |
| does the worker | הָֽעוֹשֶׂ֔ה | hā·‘ō·w·śeh | Article; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular | H6213 do, make |
| gain | יִּתְרוֹן֙ | yiṯ·rō·wn | Noun - masculine singular construct | H3504 advantage, profit |
| from his | ה֥וּא | hū | Pronoun - third person masculine singular | H1931 he, she |
| toil | עָמֵֽל׃ | ‘ā·mêl | Noun - masculine singular | H6001 labourer, sufferer |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Ecclesiastes 1:3 · Ecclesiastes 5:16 · Proverbs 14:23 · Ecclesiastes 2:11 · Ecclesiastes 2:22–23 · Matthew 16:26
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.