'Business' in the Bible
And I set my mind to seek and explore by [man’s] wisdom all [human activity] that has been done under heaven. It is a miserable business and a burdensome task which God has given the sons of men with which to be busy and distressed.
I have seen the task which God has given to the sons of men with which to occupy themselves.
There was a certain man—without a dependent, having neither a child nor a brother, yet there was no end to all his labor. Indeed, his eyes were not satisfied with riches and he never asked, “For whom do I labor and deprive myself of pleasure?” This too is vanity (a wisp of smoke, self-conceit); yes, it is a painful effort and an unhappy task.
For the dream comes through much effort, and the voice of the fool through many words.
When I applied my mind to know wisdom and to see the activities [of mankind] that take place upon the earth—how some men seem to sleep neither day nor night—
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Bible Theasaurus
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- Adventure (3 instances)
- Affair (8 instances)
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- Case (235 instances)
- Circumstance (8 instances)
- Concern (59 instances)
- Consequence (8 instances)
- Crisis (5 instances)
- Dealing (52 instances)
- Emergency (1 instance)
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Reverse Interlinear
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