Ecclesiastes 3:10
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New International Version (©1984)
I have seen the burden God has laid on men.

New Living Translation (©2007)
I have seen the burden God has placed on us all.

English Standard Version (©2001)
I have seen the business that God has given to the children of man to be busy with.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
I have seen the task which God has given the sons of men with which to occupy themselves.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
I have seen mortals weighed down with a burden that God has placed on them.

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

American King James Version
I have seen the travail, which God has given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.

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

Bible in Basic English
I saw the work which God has put on the sons of man.

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

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

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

Webster's Bible Translation
I have seen the labor, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.

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

Young's Literal Translation
I have seen the travail that God hath given to the sons of man to be humbled by it.

Geneva Study Bible

I have seen the labour, which God hath given to the sons of men {b} to be exercised in it.

(b) Read Ec 1:13.

Wesley's Notes

3:10 Seen - I have diligently observed mens various employments, and the different successes of them. Hath given - Which God hath imposed upon men as their duty; to which therefore men ought quickly to submit. Exercised - That hereby they might have constant matter of exercise for their diligence, and patience, and submission to God's will and providence.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

10. (See on [656]Ec 1:13).

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

3:1-10 To expect unchanging happiness in a changing world, must end in disappointment. To bring ourselves to our state in life, is our duty and wisdom in this world. God's whole plan for the government of the world will be found altogether wise, just, and good. Then let us seize the favourable opportunity for every good purpose and work. The time to die is fast approaching. Thus labour and sorrow fill the world. This is given us, that we may always have something to do; none were sent into the world to be idle.


Ecclesiastes 1:13 And I set my mind to seek and explore by wisdom concerning all that has been done under heaven. It is a grievous task which God has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with.
Ecclesiastes 2:26 For to a person who is good in His sight He has given wisdom and knowledge and joy, while to the sinner He has given the task of gathering and collecting so that he may give to one who is good in God's sight. This too is vanity and striving after wind. (NASB ©1995)

Afflicted Burden Business Busy Exercised Humbled Labor Occupy Task Themselves Therewith Toil Travail Work

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

1:3 2:11,22,23 5:16 Pr 14:23 Mt 16:26

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