Ecclesiastes 3:10

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

American Standard Version

In The King James Version

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

In Context

9What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboreth?

11He hath made everything beautiful in its time: also he hath set eternity in their heart, yet so that man cannot find out the work that God hath done from the beginning even to the end.

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Cross References

Ecclesiastes 1:13And I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under heaven: it is a sore travail that God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised therewith.

1 Thessalonians 2:9For ye remember, brethren, our labor and travail: working night and day, that we might not burden any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God.

Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 3:2-11

Mutability of Human Affairs. 1 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: 2 A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; 3 A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; 4 A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; 5 A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; 6 A time to get,… Read the whole commentary →

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