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What profit does a man gain from all the work and from the striving of heart that he labors at under the sun?
The author uses a rhetorical question to cause the reader to think deeply about important things. Translate "what profit does a man gain from all the work" as you did in Ecclesiastes 1:3. Alternate translation: "A man seems to gain no lasting benefit from all the work and from the striving of heart that he labors at under the sun." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion)
from all the work and from the striving of heart
These two phrases mean basically the same thing and emphasize how hard the person works. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism)
the striving of heart
This is an idiom. Alternate translation: "trying anxiously" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom)
under the sun
This refers to things that are done on earth. See how you translated this in Ecclesiastes 1:3. Alternate translation: "on the earth" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom)