Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
I looked at the employment which God hath given to the sons of men, to work therein:
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.
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.
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 hath he that worketh, in that wherein, himself, hath toiled? 10 I looked at the employment which God hath given to the sons of men, to work therein: 11 Everything, hath he made beautiful in its own time, - also, intelligence, hath he put in their heart, without which men could not find out the work which God hath wrought, from the beginning even unto the end.
Cross References
Genesis 3:19
In the sweat of thy face, shalt thou eat bread, until thou return to the ground, because therefrom, wast thou taken, - For, dust, thou art, And, unto dust, shalt thou return.
Ecclesiastes 2:26
For, to a man who is good before him, hath he given wisdom and knowledge and gladness, - whereas, to the sinner, he hath given employment, to gather and heap up, to give to one who is good before God, even this, was vanity, and a feeding on wind.
Ecclesiastes 1:13-14
And I gave my heart to seek and to search out, wisely, concerning all things which are done under the heavens, - the same, is the vexatious employment God hath given to the sons of men, to work toilsomely therein,
1 Thessalonians 2:9
For ye remember, brethren, our toil and hardship: night and day, working, so as not to be a burden unto any of you, we proclaimed unto you the glad-message of God,
2 Thessalonians 3:8
Nor, as a free-gift, did eat, bread, from anyone, but, with toil and hardship, night and day, working, - that we might not burden any of you; -