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Ecclesiastes 3:10

I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.
Ecclesiastes 3:10 · King James Version

In other versions

  • I have seen the travail which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised therewith.

    ASV

  • I saw the work which God has put on the sons of man.

    BBE

  • I have seen the travail that God hath given to the sons of men to toil in.

    DBY

  • I have seen the burden which God has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with.

    WEB

  • I have seen the travail that God hath given to the sons of man to be humbled by it.

    YLT

  • I have seen the travail, which God has given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.

    ENG

  • I have seen the labor, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.

    WBT

  • I have seen the burden that God has laid upon the sons of men to occupy them.

    BSB

In context

8A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.

9What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?

10I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.

11He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.

12I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life.

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