American Standard Version
Ecclesiastes 3:10
10I have seen the travail which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised therewith.
Ecclesiastes 3:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.
- New International Version (NIV)I have seen the burden God has laid on the human race.
- English Standard Version (ESV)I have seen the business that God has given to the children of man to be busy with.
- New King James Version (NKJV)I have seen the God-given task with which the sons of men are to be occupied.
Context of Ecclesiastes 3:10
8a time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace. 9What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboreth? I have seen the travail which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised therewith. 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. 12I know that there is nothing better for them, than to rejoice, and to do good so long as they live.
Read all of Ecclesiastes 3Ecclesiastes 3:10 word by word
רָאִ֣יתִי אֶת־הָֽעִנְיָ֗ן אֲשֶׁ֨ר נָתַ֧ן אֱלֹהִ֛ים לִבְנֵ֥י הָאָדָ֖ם לַעֲנ֥וֹת בּֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Ecclesiastes 3:10
- Ecclesiastes 1:3What profit hath man of all his labor wherein he laboreth under the sun?
- Ecclesiastes 2:11Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labor that I had labored to do; and, behold, all was vanity and a striving after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.
- Ecclesiastes 5:16And this also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that he laboreth for the wind?
- Proverbs 14:23In all labor there is profit; But the talk of the lipstendethonly to penury.
- Matthew 16:26For what shall a man be profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and forfeit his life? or what shall a man give in exchange for his life?
Commentaries on Ecclesiastes 3:10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10I have seen the travail - Man is a sinner; and, because he is such, he suffers.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10the burden that God has laid upon the sons of men: God made our work harder after humans rebelled against Him (Genesis 3:17–19). This burden is not too heavy for us to enjoy our work and its rewards (Ecclesiastes 3:11213).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. (See on Ec 1:13).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Ecclesiastes 3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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