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11 (A)But when I turned to all the works that my hands had wrought, and to the fruit of the toil for which I had toiled so much, see! all was vanity and a chase after wind. There is no profit under the sun.

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11 Yet when I surveyed all that my hands had done
    and what I had toiled to achieve,
everything was meaningless, a chasing after the wind;(A)
    nothing was gained under the sun.(B)

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22 (A)For what profit comes to mortals from all the toil and anxiety of heart with which they toil under the sun?

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22 What do people get for all the toil and anxious striving with which they labor under the sun?(A)

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(A)What profit have workers from their toil?

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What do workers gain from their toil?(A)

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15 This too is a grievous evil, that they go just as they came. What then does it profit them to toil for the wind?

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15 Everyone comes naked from their mother’s womb,
    and as everyone comes, so they depart.(A)
They take nothing from their toil(B)
    that they can carry in their hands.(C)

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