Ecclesiastes 3:10

In 11 translations

BSB

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

KJV

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

WEB

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

ASV

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

LSV

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

YLT

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

DBY

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

DRC

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

GNV

I haue seene the trauaile that God hath giuen to ye sonnes of men to humble them thereby.

JPS

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

LXXE

I have seen all the trouble, which God has given to the sons of men to be troubled with.

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Original-language editions

WLC

רָאִ֣יתִי אֶת־הָֽעִנְיָ֗ן אֲשֶׁ֨ר נָתַ֧ן אֱלֹהִ֛ים לִבְנֵ֥י הָאָדָ֖ם לַעֲנ֥וֹת בּֽוֹ׃

LXX-Br

Εἶδον σὺν πάντα τὸν περισπασμὸν, ὃν ἔδωκεν ὁ Θεὸς τοῖς υἱοῖς τῶν ἀνθρώπων τοῦ περισπᾶσθαι ἐν αὐτῷ.

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• Ecclesiastes 1:13–14And I set my mind to seek and explore by wisdom all that is done under heaven. What a heavy burden God has laid upon the sons of men to occupy them! I have seen all the things that are done under the sun, and have…
• Genesis 3:19By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground— because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.”
• Ecclesiastes 2:26To the man who is pleasing in His sight, He gives wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner He assigns the task of gathering and accumulating that which he will hand over to one who pleases God. This too is…
• 1 Thessalonians 2:9Surely you recall, brothers, our labor and toil. We worked night and day so that we would not be a burden to anyone while we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.
• 2 Thessalonians 3:8nor did we eat anyone’s food without paying for it. Instead, in labor and toil, we worked night and day so that we would not be a burden to any of you.

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