Ecclesiastes 3:10
I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.
KJV
Vidi afflictionem quam dedit Deus filiis hominum, ut distendantur in ea.
Vulgate
εἶδον σὺν πάντα τὸν περισπασμὸν ὃν ἔδωκεν ὁ θεὸς τοῖς υἱοῖς τῶν ἀνθρώπων τοῦ περισπᾶσθαι ἐν αὐτῷ.
LXX
I have seen the travail which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised therewith.
ASV
רָאִ֣יתִי אֶת הָֽ/עִנְיָ֗ן אֲשֶׁ֨ר נָתַ֧ן אֱלֹהִ֛ים לִ/בְנֵ֥י הָ/אָדָ֖ם לַ/עֲנ֥וֹת בּֽ/וֹ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אָדָ֖ם
'dm
noun · 545×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
וֹ
v
verb · 83×
יַּ֣רְא
yr'
verb · 1312×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
ם
m
verb · 1995×
עִנְיַ֣ן
'nyn
noun · 8×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Eccl 1:13 — And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.
- Eccl 1:13 — And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.
- Eccl 2:26 — For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This a
- Eccl 8:9 — All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that is done under the sun: there is a time wherein one man ruleth over another to his own hurt.
- Gen 3:19 — In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.