(16-22) Commentary on Ecclesiastes 3:1-10 Ecclesiastes 3:9-11. You say, "Well, I don't understand that." I. A time to break down a family, an estate, a kingdom, when it has ripened itself for destruction; but God will find a time, if they return and repent, to rebuild what he has broken down; there is a time, a set time, for the Lord to build up Zion,Psalms 102:13; Psalms 102:16. Ec Ecc Eccles.) The day of autumn is an anticipative day of judgment, its clouds foreshadowing heavier clouds, and bidding us prepare to meet that God of whom it is said, "Clouds and darkness are round about Him," etc. Under that premise, nothing is better than for a man to accomplish what he can in this world and try – the best he can – not to … What profit hath he — What real good, what solid pleasure, is derived from all the labours of man? I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life. There is a great deal of toil and trouble to be seen among the children of men. Ecclesiastes 5:1-7 Keep Your Vows. A time to kill, when the judgments of God are abroad in a land and lay all waste; but, when he returns in ways of mercy, then is a time to heal what he has torn (Hosea 6:1; Hosea 6:2), to comfort a people after the time that he has afflicted them,Psalms 90:15. God gives it to men, as the physician gives a medicine to his patient, to do him good. We must also contemplate in this sermon on Ecclesiastes 3… B. MAN’S DUTY REGARDING THE TIMES AND SEASONS. Ecclesiastes 3:1–8 explains it is because God has a reason and a time for all things. I saw what you did. This truth becomes more manifestly true in things in proportion as their nature rises. That is not looking at man as God looks at man as a divine creation with eternity in his heart. And that's why the world around you is so filled with frustration and emptiness today, because it views man as an animal. Necessity drives him to the principal part of his cares and toils ; he labours that he may eat and drink ; and he eats and drinks that he may be preserved alive , and kept from sickness and pain . Another rhetorical question expects another negative response (cf. The animal, of what animal can you say God has put eternity in his heart? Even though things are beautiful—and in an overall sense, he means life is beautiful—it is perplexing because we cannot figure out what God is doing. Ecclesiastes 2:1-11 The Meaning of Pleasure. Then we must look upon ourselves as upon our probation in it. [Note: Ibid., p. I have seen the business that God has given to the children of man to be busy with. You can't take away.Now I love this because I think of the work of God in my life of imputing the righteousness to me through my faith in Jesus Christ. Well, the Lord Jesus Christ knows, and He declares it to be true. Solomon writes Ecclesiastes 3:9-15 with an accurate perception that God is sovereign and can be fully trusted, for the Lord reveals what we need to know in His time and does not overwhelm us with the crushing weight of infinite knowledge. God is outside of our time dimension. That every change concerning us, with the time and season of it, is unalterably fixed and determined by a supreme power; and we must take things as they come, for it is not in our power to change what is appointed for us. This shows the English words related to the source biblical texts along with brief definitions. Now I know this about God. And God has recorded it in His Word, inspired by the Holy Spirit that you might see the view of life from the human standpoint, that it is empty and frustrating, because you don't see man any more than just an animal. Proud member Eternal deals with the infinite. Man is made in the image and likeness of God. It's just a monotony. You see, not only are we living in this time continuum, but we are also living in this finite existence and it is impossible that the finite can understand the infinite. So with God, "a day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years is as a day" ( 2 Peter 3:8 ). People may be ignorant of God’s timing (3:9–11), but they are called to enjoy life in the present (3:12–13) and trust in God’s sovereignty (3:14–15). Any event that has ever taken place is taking place. What profit hath he that worketh, &c. — Seeing then all events are out of man’s power, and no man can do or enjoy any thing at his pleasure, but only when God pleaseth, as has been shown in many particulars, and is as true and certain in all others, hence it follows that all men’s labours, without God’s blessing, are unprofitable, and utterly insufficient to make them … 6. There is a time for men to plant, a time of the year, a time of their lives; but, when that which was planted has grown fruitless and useless, it is time to pluck it up. Chapter 3Now we get into the weary, monotony of life. 13. To report dead links, typos, or html errors or suggestions about making these resources more useful use the convenient, Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology, International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible, Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on the Bible. Ecclesiastes 3:11. 12. (1-8) A time for every purpose. He, then, who lives without God, travails in pain all his days. People can only accept whatever God sends them and find pleasure in it (10-13). Ecclesiastes 3:9, NASB: "What benefit is there for the worker from that in which he labors?" When 3:9 picks up afterward, what follows is not a separate topic. A time for God to plant a nation, as that of Israel in Canaan, and, in order to that, to pluck up the seven nations that were planted there, to make room for them; and at length there was a time when God spoke concerning Israel too, to pluck up and to destroy, when the measure of their iniquity was full, Jeremiah 18:7; Jeremiah 18:9. What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?] enjoy it, and he leaves it to another, he knows not who; and, and God requires that which is past ( Ecclesiastes 3:15 ). 1:3 ) ( 2:11 ) ; 1. Observe, The time of mourning and weeping is put first, before that of laughter and dancing, for we must first sow in tears and then reap in joy. All our pains and care will not alter either the mutable nature of the things themselves or the immutable counsel of God concerning them. of He has made everything beautiful in its time. And that's that deep, spiritual drive that every man has that can only be filled by coming to Jesus Christ and drinking of the water that He gives. 4. Is it summer? Every thing under heaven is thus changeable, but in heaven there is an unchangeable state, and an unchangeable counsel concerning these things. There is a time to get wisdom, and knowledge, and grace, when a man has a price put into his hand; but then let him expect there will come a time to spend, when all he has will be little enough to serve his turn. Because the planet rotates on its axis about once every twenty-four hours, we call it a day. You're no longer within, you're no longer bounded by time, beginning and end; you're now in the eternal. He never intended this world for our rest, and therefore never appointed us to take our ease in it. There is a wonderful harmony in the divine Providence and all its disposals, so that the events of it, when they come to be considered in their relations and tendencies, together with the seasons of them, will appear very beautiful, to the glory of God and the comfort of … Ecclesiastes 3:9, ESV: "What gain has the worker from his toil?" A time to love, and to show ourselves friendly, to be free and cheerful, and it is a pleasant time; but there may come a time to hate, when we shall see cause to break off all familiarity with some that we have been fond of, and to be upon the reserve, as having found reason for a suspicion, which love is loth to admit. God and time. 9What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth? That which has been is now; that which shall be has already been. I'm grasping and reaching for that which is eternal. Verse Ecclesiastes 3:9. A time to rend the garments, as upon occasion of some great grief, and a time to sew, them again, in token that the grief is over. Ecclesiastes 2:12-26 Wisdom Makes Sense. The description of Qoheleth’s exploration of pleasure (Ecclesiastes 2:1-3), impressive accomplishments (Ecclesiastes 2:4-6), and unparalleled wealth (Ecclesiastes 2:7-10) were fulfilled only by King Solomon. 2. Everything in the world must be in its true place and time, or it is not beautiful. The clearest sky will be clouded, Post gaudia luctus--Joy succeeds sorrow; and the most clouded sky will clear up, Post nubila Phoebus--The sun will burst from behind the cloud. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end.” Explanation and Commentary of Ecclesiastes 3:11. It will be winter. THE DISQUIETING QUESTION OF AUTUMN. 3:9 What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboreth? There are some who say that man and animals have one spirit. And I can't go around and say, "Well, I'm so righteous, so much more righteous than you, you sinner, you know. Now (ignoring for the moment the conclusions he has just outlined in 2:24-26) he considers the fixed order of events in the world. ( Ecclesiastes 3:22 ), Who knows what's going to happen after him? 10 I have seen the travail which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised therewith. Ecclesiastes 3:11 “He has made everything beautiful in its time. What can a man promise himself from planting and building, when that which he thinks is brought to perfection may so soon, and will so surely, be plucked up and broken down? In Ecclesiastes, judgment in this age could conceivably be intended in the noted time for God to judge in Ecclesiastes 3:17 Ecclesiastes 3:17 I said in my heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work. 2. so that a man has no preeminence above the beast: for all is vanity ( Ecclesiastes 3:19 ). (3.) That which has been is now; and that which is to be has already been ( Ecclesiastes 3:15 ); That's weird. One in a quarter seconds, tip your hat to the man on the moon; seven and a half minutes, race past the sun; fourteen minutes, button up your coat as you go past Pluto, so cold--fourteen hours, rather, Pluto. 9. "A time to love," and it's been made very beautiful, but in the Hebrew idea, it was monotony. Because there are laws governing the issues and events of life that are beyond man’s ability to regulate, Solomon asks – Ecclesiastes 3:9. a. There is a time when it is the wisdom of rulers to use severe methods, but there is a time when it is as much their wisdom to take a more gentle course, and to apply themselves to lenitives, not corrosives. I said in my heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work. Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 Everything Has Its Time. The work of God is complete. one thing that elevates us above the animal world, in addition to the God-given sense of eternity [Ecclesiastes 3:11], is the desire to understand the whole. So when you can escape the time zone. Ecclesiastes 1:12-18 The Grief of Wisdom. A time when God's providence calls to weep and mourn, and when man's wisdom and grace will comply with the call, and will weep and mourn, as in times of common calamity and danger, and there it is very absurd to laugh, and dance, and make merry (Isaiah 22:12; Isaiah 22:13; Ezekiel 21:10); but then, on the other hand, there is a time when God calls to cheerfulness, a time to laugh and dance, and then he expects we should serve him with joyfulness and gladness of heart. Ecclesiastes 3:9. . Man under the sun. Ecclesiastes 4:1-16 The Evils of Oppression. Yet, after all these useful thoughts, there comes to us, as to Ecclesiastes in ver. Jerome applies this to the rending of the Jewish church and the sewing and making up of the gospel church thereupon. That we live in a world of changes, that the several events of time, and conditions of human life, are vastly different from one another, and yet occur promiscuously, and we are continually passing and repassing between them, as in the revolutions of every day and every year. Now, if we could hop on a ray of light, turning into the energy, get out in this long plane, you could take off on a ray of light in what? This has been used poetically as something that is very beautiful. Some of these changes are purely the act of God, others depend more upon the will of man, but all are determined by the divine counsel. 11. I. Ecclesiastes 3:9 Context. 10. 3. Ecclesiastes is a phonetic transliteration of the Greek word Ἐκκλησιαστής (Ekklesiastes), which in the Septuagint translates the Hebrew name of its stated author, Kohelet (קֹהֶלֶת). The changes of human affairs. ". He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end. pleasant or profitable to him, and much less that will be of any And you can't cross the gulf. And I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts ( Ecclesiastes 3:16-18 ). 1. Moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there. I'm such a sinner. And this comes in here as a reason why, when we are in prosperity, we should by easy, and yet not secure--not to be secure because we live in a world of changes and therefore have no reason to say, To-morrow shall be as this day (the lowest valleys join to the highest mountains), and yet to be easy, and, as he had advised (Ecclesiastes 2:24; Ecclesiastes 2:24), to enjoy the good of our labour, in a humble dependence upon God and his providence, neither lifted up with hopes, nor cast down with fears, but with evenness of mind expecting every event. But there is within every man, God has placed it in the heart, eternal, the eternity in the heart of every man that is seeking out after that which is more than just a part of this monotonous routine of life. (1-10) The Divine counsels unchangeable. Nor can you take away from that righteousness that I have, that perfect standing that I have before God in Jesus Christ. Nevertheless, work is a good thing. Now you can enjoy an "Ads Free" version of the site for as little as 10¢ a day. Well, join the crowd. 1. In Ecclesiastes 3:21 he asks, on behalf of people who are trying to live without God, “Who knows whether the spirit of man goes upward and the spirit of the beast goes down into the earth?” The Preacher, himself, knew the answer to his question and in the last two verses of the book tells us what it is that gives meaning to life: Note, (1.) So, again, we see the Preacher’s focus on work. This is an inference drawn from the above premises, and confirms what has been before observed, ( Ecclesiastes 1:3 ) ( 2:11 ) ; Man has no profit of his labour, since his time is so short to enjoy it, and he leaves it to another, he knows … 10 I have seen the burden God has laid on the human race. Life is just monotonous. You're into the eternal where there is no time. We'll send you an email with steps on how to reset your password. But who knows if the spirit of man goes upward, and the spirit of the beast goes downward to the earth? Then we must not expect our portion in it, for the good things of it are of no certainty, no continuance (Ecclesiastes 3:9; Ecclesiastes 3:9): What profit has he that works? . Now this is life under the sun, that man might see himself that he's an animal. 7. 9 What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth? What profit hath he that works in that wherein he has labored? Hundred thousand years you could leave the Milky Way galaxy. The work of God is eternal. Copyright © 2021, Bible Study Tools. But, as there is a time to be born and a time to die, so there will be a time to rise again, a set time when those that lie in the grave shall be remembered, Job 14:13. Now the word translated world there in the Hebrew is eternity or the ages. No, you can't take away from that righteousness that is yours in Christ Jesus. There is no net gain in one’s toil given Solomon’s perspective. War shall not last always, nor is there any peace to be called lasting on this side the everlasting peace. Necessity drives him to the principal part of his cares and toils; he labours that he may eat and drink; and he eats and drinks that he may be preserved alive, and kept from sickness and pain. You're in the eternal now. Ecclesiastes 1:3; Ecclesiastes 2:11). A time to cast away stones, by breaking down and demolishing fortifications, when God gives peace in the borders, and there is no more occasion for them; but there is a time to gather stones together, for the making of strong-holds, Ecclesiastes 3:5; Ecclesiastes 3:5. he So you'd go to look for the house that you used to live in and the cities and the people, and what's going to be in three million years, you see? He's looking at man from the purely humanistic standpoint. To many it proves a gift. But whatever God does, that's forever. Those things which seem most contrary the one to the other will, in the revolution of affairs, each take their turn and come into play. It's full. My favourite Gospel book! You are righteous, the righteousness of Christ which is through faith. What gain has the worker from his toil? laboureth? ] The pleasures of life are not intrinsically fulfilling and cannot offer lasting satisfaction, but they can be enjoyed as gifts from God. God accounts you righteous in His sight. 9, the question asked in every great age, by every great … There is indeed no profit in that wherein we labour; the thing itself, when we have it, will do us little good; but, if we make a right use of the disposals of Providence about it, there will be profit in that (Ecclesiastes 3:10; Ecclesiastes 3:10): I have seen the travail which God has given to the sons of men, not to make up a happiness by it, but to be exercised in it, to have various graces exercised by the variety of events, to have their dependence upon God tried by every change, and to be trained up to it, and taught both how to want and how to abound,Philippians 4:12. We live on this earth and thus we are spinning around in our days and orbiting around in our years in the time continuum. Earthly pursuits are no doubt lawful in their proper time and order ( Ecclesiastes 3:1-8), but unprofitable when out of time and place; as for instance, when pursued as the solid and chief good ( Ecclesiastes 3:9 Ecclesiastes 3:10); whereas God makes everything beautiful in its season, which man obscurely comprehends ( Ecclesiastes 3:11). God is counting me righteous because I am trusting and believing in His work in Jesus Christ. 8. Hate is a word I do not … (Ecc 3:9 NIV). All go to one place ( Ecclesiastes 3:20 ); all are of the dust ( Ecclesiastes 3:20 ). As you get into the eternal, it is the now zone. Life seems to be ordered in these things. There is a time for men to break up house, and break off trade, and so to break down, which those that are busy in building up both must expect and prepare for. And God has worked in me His righteousness by my faith in Jesus Christ.Now one of the problems that we often have is our endeavor to add to God's work. A time to keep, when we have use for what we have got, and can keep it without running the hazard of a good conscience; but there may come a time to cast away, when love to God may oblige us to cast away what we have, because we must deny Christ and wrong our consciences if we keep it (Matthew 10:37; Matthew 10:38), and rather to make shipwreck of all than of the faith; nay, when love to ourselves may oblige us to cast it away, when it is for the saving of our lives, as it was when Jonah's mariners heaved their cargo into the sea. Thus in all these changes God has set the one over-against the other, that we may rejoice as though we rejoiced not and weep as though we wept not. Ecclesiastes 3:9, KJV: "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 in it. Ecclesiastes 3 – The Reign of Time, A Glimmer of Hope A. II. The Targum adds. And you can't add to the work of God. Verse Ecclesiastes 3:15 is an interesting verse because it is sort of a definition of eternity. ". The Targum adds, "to make treasures and gather mammon, unless he is helped by Providence above;''. Use this table to get a word-for-word translation of the original Hebrew Scripture. changes; sometimes it is a time for one thing, and sometimes for Every change cuts us out some new work, which we should be more solicitous about, than about the event. And the Hebrew idea is that of the monotony of life. This travail is given to us to make us weary of the world and desirous of the remaining rest. Ecclesiastes 3:8. Tired of seeing ads while studying? I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it. Ecclesiastes 3:9-22 From Dust to Dust. (2.) There is a time to be born and a time to die. “I have seen the business that God has given to the children of man to be busy with” . It is commonly applied to conjugal embraces, and explained by 1 Corinthians 7:3-5; Joel 2:16. Continuing with the “time” theme, v. 11 begins “He has made everything suitable for its time…” its contrary, so that there is nothing certain, and to be What profit do you get out of your labor? In the wheel of nature (James 3:6) sometimes one spoke is uppermost and by and by the contrary; there is a constant ebbing and flowing, waxing and waning; from one extreme to the other does the fashion of this world change, ever did, and ever will. You can only make childish illustrations, but you can't cross the gulf from the finite to the infinite. The Preacher tells us four things about God that apply to our work-a-day lives (Ecclesiastes 3:9–15): First, work is God’s gift to us. One million five hundred thousand years, you could arrive at Adromeda. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end. Ecclesiastes 3:9. We turn from 3:1-8 to a contrasting view of life in 9-13. 5. while he lives, is attended with continual vicissitudes and Some men seek to deny that consciousness. depended on; and a man can promise himself nothing in this world These are determined by the divine counsel; and, as we were born, so we must die, at the time appointed, Acts 17:26. As I said, Ecclesiastes 3:9-10 speak of Man’s Work Revisited. This is an inference drawn from the above premises, and confirms what has been before observed, Ecclesiastes 1:3; Man has no profit of his labour, since his time is so short to enjoy it, and he leaves it to another, he knows not who; and, while he lives, is attended with continual vicissitudes and changes; sometimes it is a time for one thing, and sometimes for its contrary, so that there is nothing certain, and to be depended on; and a man can promise himself nothing in this world pleasant or profitable to him, and much less that will be of any advantage to him hereafter. Ecclesiastes 3:9 is a question, not a statement saying that there is no profit at all in labor: “In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury [poor poverty … A time to undo what we have done and a time to do again what we have undone. This is the purely human view of life. It appears to him that everything happens at the time God has decided it will happen. 11 He has made everything beautiful in … Please enter your email address associated with your Salem All-Pass account, then click Continue. 2. That is not true. It is a gracious gift that causes us to spend our time on earth productive, honestly, and in a meaningful fashion. The writer is confident that God does everything perfectly according to his plan, but he is also frustrated because he does not know what that plan is. The message of Ecclesiastes is that the course of life to be pursued is a God-centered life. A time for old towers to fall, as that in Siloam (Luke 12:4), and for the temple itself to be so ruined as that not one stone should be left upon another; but also a time for towers and trophies too to be erected, when national affairs prosper. A beautiful flower blooms, but it is only beautiful for a little while, not always. What profit is there to the worker from that in which he toils? ] So that any event that will ever take place is taking place. A time when it becomes us, and is our wisdom and duty, to keep silence, when it is an evil time (Amos 5:13), when our speaking would be the casting of pearl before swine, or when we are in danger of speaking amiss (Psalms 39:2); but there is also a time to speak for the glory of God and the edification of others, when silence would be the betraying of a righteous cause, and when with the mouth confession is to be made to salvation; and it is a great part of Christian prudence to know when to speak and when to hold our peace. Life offers good times and bad and follows no pattern such as that proposed by the retribution principle. He has made everything beautiful in its time. Stay a while, and it will be summer. 2. The first verse ascribes authorship to Qoheleth, "the son of David"—leading many to presume that he is Solomon, who wrote The implies answer is that of Ecclesiastes 1:2. b. Article Images Copyright © 2021 Getty Images unless otherwise indicated. I had orginally entitled this ‘The Burden of Eternity and Beauty’ but I … And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of his labor, it is the gift of God. God said, "I am." I'm so horrible. I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be added to it, nor any thing taken from it: for God does it, that men should reverence him ( Ecclesiastes 3:11-14 ). Man is more than an animal. Also, he has put eternity into man’s heart, yet so that he cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end. My works are going to be forgotten. III. Salem Media Group. though it is man's duty to labour, yet all his toil and labour will be fruitless without a divine blessing; there is a time and season for everything in providence, and there is no striving against that. Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him? The scope of these verses is to show, 1. So just live for now, rejoice in your works now. A time of war, when God draws the sword for judgment and gives it commission to devour, when men draw the sword for justice and the maintaining of their rights, when there is in the nations a disposition to war; but we may hope for a time of peace, when the sword of the Lord shall be sheathed and he shall make wars to cease (Psalms 46:9), when the end of the war is obtained, and when there is on all sides a disposition to peace. Ecclesiastes 3:9-14 New International Version (NIV) 9 What do workers gain from their toil? premises, and confirms what has been before observed, ( Ecclesiastes laboureth? We are still exploring chapter three of Ecclesiastes. Labour and sorrow fill the world. It's too great. Title. 1 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:   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;   3 A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;   4 A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;   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;   6 A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;   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. Events controlled by God’s fixed order (3:1-15). God is in the eternal dimension. But you've escaped the time zone. and all turn to the dust again ( Ecclesiastes 3:20 ). Complete Concise Chapter Contents. A general proposition laid down: To every thing there is a season,Ecclesiastes 3:1; Ecclesiastes 3:1. Biblical Commentary Ecclesiastes 3:1-13 EXEGESIS: THE CONTEXT: The book that we know as Ecclesiastes is known in the Hebrew Scriptures as Qoheleth (sometimes spelled Qohelet or Koheleth). Love of money, the basest of all passions, and restless ambition, drive men to many labours and expedients, which perplex and often destroy them. I can't add to it. God has placed the awareness of the eternal in the heart of every man. A time to get, get money, get preferment, get good bargains and a good interest, when opportunity smiles, a time when a wise man will seek (so the word is); when he is setting out in the world and has a growing family, when he is in his prime, when he prospers and has a run of business, then it is time for him to be busy and make hay when the sun shines. What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he. You are righteous in God's sight. It isn't, "Oh, the glorious time to love and a time to plant," you know, as we make it very romantic today. That is, he has none. Make a U-turn, head back to the earth. Ecclesiastes 3:9 NIV Ecclesiastes 3:9 NLT Ecclesiastes 3:9 ESV Ecclesiastes 3:9 NASB Ecclesiastes 3:9 KJV Ecclesiastes 3:9 BibleApps.com Ecclesiastes 3:9 Biblia Paralela Ecclesiastes 3:9 Chinese Bible Ecclesiastes 3:9 French Bible Ecclesiastes 3:9 Clyx Quotations OT Poetry: Ecclesiastes 3:9 What profit has he who works (Ecclesiast.