Ecclesiastes 3:10

I looked at the employment which God hath given to the sons of men, to work therein:

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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, himself, hath toiled?

11Everything, 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.

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Cross References

Ecclesiastes 1:13And 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 2:9For 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,

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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