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.
Ecclesiastes 3:10 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 I have seen the travail which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised therewith. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition I have seen the painful labor and exertion and miserable business which God has given to the sons of men with which to exercise and busy themselves. American Standard Version (1901) I have seen the travail which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised therewith. Common English Bible I have observed the task that God has given human beings. Catholic Public Domain Version I have seen the affliction that God has given to the sons of men, in order that they may be occupied by it. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version I have seen the trouble, which God hath given the sons of men to be exercised in it. |
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.
As thou knowest not what is the way of the wind, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child; even so thou knowest not the work of God who doeth all.
For to the man that pleaseth him God giveth 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 pleaseth God. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.
For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail: working night and day, that we might not burden any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God.
neither did we eat bread for nought at any man's hand, but in labour and travail, working night and day, that we might not burden any of you: