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Ecclesiastes 3:10

WorkGod's will and calling

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

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

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

11 He 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.

12 I 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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Compare

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.
DARBY
I have seen the travail that God hath given to the sons of men to toil in.
BLB
I have seen the task that God has given to the sons of man, to be occupied with it.
ÅB
Jeg så den plage som Gud har gitt menneskenes barn å plage seg med.
OTB
Jeg har sett den oppgaven Gud har gitt menneskene å beskjeftige seg med.
B1930
Jeg så den plage som Gud har gitt menneskenes barn å plage sig med.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Ecclesiastes 1:13–14

    And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.

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  • Genesis 3:19

    In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

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  • Ecclesiastes 2:26

    For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

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  • 1 Thessalonians 2:9

    For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail: for labouring night and day, because we would not be chargeable unto any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God.

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  • 2 Thessalonians 3:8

    Neither did we eat any man’s bread for nought; but wrought with labour and travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you:

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