Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

I have seen the task which God has given the sons of men with which to occupy themselves.

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

I have seen the task that God has given people to keep them occupied.

International Standard Version

I have observed the burdens placed by God on human beings in order to perfect them.

A Conservative Version

I have seen the travail which God has given to the sons of men to be employed therewith.

American Standard Version

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

Amplified

I have seen the task which God has given to the sons of men with which to occupy themselves.

Bible in Basic English

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

Darby Translation

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

Julia Smith Translation

I saw the labor which God gave to the sons of man to be humbled in it

King James 2000

I have seen the task, which God has given to the sons of men to be occupied in it.

Lexham Expanded Bible

I have seen the busyness God gives to {humans} to preoccupy them.

Modern King James verseion

I have seen the task which God has given to the sons of men to be humbled by it.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

For as touching the travail and carefulness which God hath given unto men, I see that he hath given it them, to be exercised in it.

NET Bible

I have observed the burden that God has given to people to keep them occupied.

New Heart English Bible

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

The Emphasized Bible

I looked at the employment which God hath given to the sons of men, to work therein:

Webster

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.

Youngs Literal Translation

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

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
ראה 
Ra'ah 
Usage: 1308

the travail
ענין 
`inyan 
Usage: 8

אלהים 
'elohiym 
Usage: 2600

נתן 
Nathan 
Usage: 2011

to the sons

Usage: 0

of men
אדם 
'adam 
Usage: 541

to be exercised
ענה 
`anah 
Usage: 83

References

Fausets

Verse Info

Context Readings

No One Understands God's Mysterious Plan

9 What profit is there to the worker from that in which he toils? 10 I have seen the task which God has given the sons of men with which to occupy themselves. 11 He has made everything appropriate in its time. He has also set eternity in their heart, yet so that man will not find out the work which God has done from the beginning even to the end.



Cross References

Genesis 3:19

By the sweat of your face
You will eat bread,
Till you return to the ground,
Because from it you were taken;
For you are dust,
And to dust you shall return.”

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.

Ecclesiastes 1:13-14

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.

1 Thessalonians 2:9

For you recall, brethren, our labor and hardship, how working night and day so as not to be a burden to any of you, we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.

2 Thessalonians 3:8

nor did we eat anyone’s bread without paying for it, but with labor and hardship we kept working night and day so that we would not be a burden to any of you;

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