In the sweat of your face shall you eat bread, till you return unto the ground; for out of it were you taken: for dust you are, and unto dust shall you return.
Ecclesiastes 3:10 - King James 2000 I have seen the task, which God has given to the sons of men to be occupied in it. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 your face shall you eat bread, till you return unto the ground; for out of it were you taken: for dust you are, and unto dust shall you return.
As you know 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 you know not the works of God who makes all.
For God gives to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he gives the work of gathering and heaping up, only that he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and grasping of the wind.
For you remember, brethren, our labor and travail: for laboring night and day, because we would not be a burden unto any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God.
Neither did we eat any man's bread for nothing; but worked with labor and travail night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you: