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Ecclesiastes Chapter 3 verse 10 Holy Bible

ASV Ecclesiastes 3:10

I have seen the travail which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised therewith.
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BBE Ecclesiastes 3:10

I saw the work which God has put on the sons of man.
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DARBY Ecclesiastes 3:10

I have seen the travail that God hath given to the sons of men to toil in.
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KJV Ecclesiastes 3:10

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


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WEB Ecclesiastes 3:10

I have seen the burden which God has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with.
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YLT Ecclesiastes 3:10

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

Pulpit CommentaryVerses 10-15. - There is a plan and system in all the circumstances of man's life; he feels this instinctively, but he cannot comprehend it. His duty is to make the best of the present, and to recognize the immutability of the law that governs all things. Verse 10. - I have seen the travail which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it; i.e. to busy themselves therewith (Ecclesiastes 1:13). This travail, exercise, or business is the work that has to be done under the conditions prescribed of time and season in face of the difficulty of man's free action and God's ordering. We take infinite pains, we entertain ample desires, and strive restlessly to carry them out, but our efforts are controlled by a higher law, and results occur in the way and at the time arranged by Providence. Human labor, though it is appointed by God and is part of man's heritage imposed upon him by the Fall (Genesis 3:17, etc.), cannot bring contentment or satisfy the spirit's cravings.

Ellicott's Commentary