# who works with wisdom, with knowledge, and skill
"who works wisely and skillfully, using the things that he has learned"
# who has not made any of it
"who has not worked for any of it"
# vapor
"mist." The author speaks of useless and meaningless things as if they were "vapor."See how you translated this in [Ecclesiastes 1:14](../01/12.md). AT: "as uselessas vapor" or "meaningless" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
# For what profit does the person gain who works so hard and tries in his heart to complete his labors under the sun?
The author uses a rhetorical question to emphasize that the man who works hard gains nothing. Translate "what profit does ... gain" as you did in [Ecclesiastes 1:3](../01/01.md). AT: "For the person who works so hard and tries in his heart to complete his labors under the sun gains nothing." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
This refers to things that are done on earth. See how you translated this in [Ecclesiastes 1:3](../01/01.md). AT: "on the earth" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
Here man's mind is referred to as his "soul" to emphasize his deep thoughts. AT: "his mind does not rest" or "he continues to worry" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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