Ecclesiastes 3:10
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“I have seen the burden that God has laid upon the sons of men to occupy them.”
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“I have seen the burden that God has laid upon the sons of men to occupy them.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.”
King James Version · Public Domain“I have seen the travail which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised therewith.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“I have seen the travail that God hath given to the sons of man to be humbled by it.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Ecclesiastes 3:10 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 3:19By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground— because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.”
- Ecclesiastes 1:13And I set my mind to seek and explore by wisdom all that is done under heaven. What a heavy burden God has laid upon the sons of men to occupy them!
- Ecclesiastes 2:26To the man who is pleasing in His sight, He gives wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner He assigns the task of gathering and accumulating that which he will hand over to one who pleases God. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:9Surely you recall, brothers, our labor and toil. We worked night and day so that we would not be a burden to anyone while we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.
- 2 Thessalonians 3:8nor did we eat anyone’s food without paying for it. Instead, in labor and toil, we worked night and day so that we would not be a burden to any of you.
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