Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
I saw the work which God has put on the sons of man.
New American Standard Bible
I have seen the
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.
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
Ra'ah
'elohiym
References
Fausets
Word Count of 20 Translations in Ecclesiastes 3:10
Verse Info
Context Readings
No One Understands God's Mysterious Plan
9 What profit has the worker in the work which he does? 10 I saw the work which God has put on the sons of man. 11 He has made everything right in its time; but he has made their hearts without knowledge, so that man is unable to see the works of God, from the first to the last.
Cross References
Genesis 3:19
With the hard work of your hands you will get your bread till you go back to the earth from which you were taken: for dust you are and to the dust you will go back.
Ecclesiastes 2:26
To the man with whom he is pleased, God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy; but to the sinner he gives the work of getting goods together and storing up wealth, to give to him in whom God has pleasure. This again is to no purpose and desire for wind.
Ecclesiastes 1:13-14
And I gave my heart to searching out in wisdom all things which are done under heaven: it is a hard thing which God has put on the sons of men to do.
1 Thessalonians 2:9
For you have the memory, my brothers, of our trouble and care; how, working night and day, so that we might not be a trouble to any of you, we gave you the good news of God.
2 Thessalonians 3:8
And we did not take food from any man for nothing, but were working hard night and day not to be a trouble to any of you: