Ecclesiastes 2:22
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
For what does a man get for all the toil and striving with which he labors under the sun?

Young's Literal Translation
For what hath been to a man by all his labour, and by the thought of his heart{.htm" title="{"> that he laboured at under the sun?

King James Bible
For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?

Hebrew
For
כִּ֠י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

what
מֶֽה־ (meh-)
Interrogative
Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

does a man
לָֽאָדָם֙ (lā·’ā·ḏām)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 120: Ruddy, a human being

get
הֹוֶ֤ה (hō·weh)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 1933: To fall

for all
בְּכָל־ (bə·ḵāl)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

the labor
עֲמָל֔וֹ (‘ă·mā·lōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 5999: Toil, wearing effort, worry, wheth, of body, mind

and endeavors
וּבְרַעְי֖וֹן (ū·ḇə·ra‘·yō·wn)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 7475: Longing, striving

at which
שֶׁה֥וּא (še·hū)
Pronoun - relative | Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

he toils
עָמֵ֖ל (‘ā·mêl)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6001: Toiling, a laborer, sorrowful

under
תַּ֥חַת (ta·ḥaṯ)
Preposition
Strong's 8478: The bottom, below, in lieu of

the sun?
הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃ (haš·šā·meš)
Article | Noun - common singular
Strong's 8121: The sun, the east, a ray, a notched battlement

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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