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parallelVerse INT GEN EXO LEV NUM DEU JOS JDG RUTH 1SA 2SA PSA AMOS HOS 1KI 2KI 1CH 2CH PRO ECC SNG JOEL MIC ISA ZEP HAB JER LAM YNA NAH OBA DAN EZE EZRA EST NEH HAG ZEC MAL JOB YHN MARK MAT LUKE ACTs YAC GAL 1TH 2TH 1COR 2COR ROM COL PHM EPH PHP 1TIM TIT 1PET 2PET 2TIM HEB YUD 1YHN 2YHN 3YHN REV
Ecc Intro C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12
Ecc 3 V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V11 V12 V13 V14 V15 V16 V17 V18 V19 V20 V21 V22
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OET-LV I_have_seen DOM the_task which he_has_given god to_children the_humankind to_busy in/on/over_him/it.
UHB רָאִ֣יתִי אֶת־הָֽעִנְיָ֗ן אֲשֶׁ֨ר נָתַ֧ן אֱלֹהִ֛ים לִבְנֵ֥י הָאָדָ֖ם לַעֲנ֥וֹת בּֽוֹ׃ ‡
(rāʼitī ʼet-hāˊinyān ʼₐsher nātan ʼₑlohim liⱱənēy hāʼādām laˊₐnōt bō.)
Key: khaki:verbs, blue:Elohim.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
ULT I saw the business that God gives to the sons of humanity to be busied with it.
UST I have seen the work that God has given people to do.
BSB I have seen the burden that God has laid upon the sons of men to occupy them.
OEB What does the worker gain by all his toil (thought I) as I looked at the tasks that God has assigned to men to busy themselves with?
WEB I have seen the burden which God has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with.
WMB (Same as above)
MSG (9-13)But in the end, does it really make a difference what anyone does? I’ve had a good look at what God has given us to do—busywork, mostly. True, God made everything beautiful in itself and in its time—but he’s left us in the dark, so we can never know what God is up to, whether he’s coming or going. I’ve decided that there’s nothing better to do than go ahead and have a good time and get the most we can out of life. That’s it—eat, drink, and make the most of your job. It’s God’s gift.
NET I have observed the burden
⇔ that God has given to people to keep them occupied.
LSV I have seen the travail that God has given to the sons of man to be humbled by it.
FBV I have examined what God gives us to do.
T4T I have seen the work that God has given people to do.
LEB I have seen the busyness God gives to humans[fn] to preoccupy[fn] them.
BBE I saw the work which God has put on the sons of man.
Moff No Moff ECC book available
JPS I have seen the task which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised therewith.
ASV I have seen the travail which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised therewith.
DRA I have seen the trouble, which God hath given the sons of men to be exercised in it.
YLT I have seen the travail that God hath given to the sons of man to be humbled by it.
Drby I have seen the travail that [fn]God hath given to the sons of men to toil in.
3.10 Elohim
RV I have seen the travail which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised therewith.
Wbstr I have seen the labor, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.
KJB-1769 I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.
(I have seen the travail, which God hath/has given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.)
KJB-1611 I haue seene the trauaile which God hath giuen to the sonnes of men, to be exercised in it.
(I have seen the trauaile which God hath/has given to the sons of men, to be exercised in it.)
Bshps For as touchyng the trauayle and carefulnesse which God hath geuen vnto men, I see that he hath geuen it them to be exercised in it.
(For as touchyng the trauayle and carefulnesse which God hath/has given unto men, I see that he hath/has given it them to be exercised in it.)
Gnva I haue seene the trauaile that God hath giuen to ye sonnes of men to humble them thereby.
(I have seen the trauaile that God hath/has given to ye/you_all sons of men to humble them thereby.)
Cvdl For as touchinge the trauayle and carefulnesse which God hath geuen vnto me, I se that he hath geuen it them, to be exercised in it.
(For as touchinge the trauayle and carefulnesse which God hath/has given unto me, I see that he hath/has given it them, to be exercised in it.)
Wyc I siy the turment, which God yaf to the sones of men, that thei be occupied therynne.
(I saw the turment, which God gave to the sons of men, that they be occupied therynne.)
Luth Daher sah ich die Mühe, die GOtt den Menschen gegeben hat, daß sie drinnen geplagt werden.
(Therefore saw I the Mühe, the God the Menschen given has, that they/she/them drinnen geplagt become.)
ClVg Vidi afflictionem quam dedit Deus filiis hominum, ut distendantur in ea.[fn]
(Vidi afflictionem how he_gave God childrens of_men, as distendantur in ea.)
3.10 Vidi afflictionem quam dedit, etc. HIER. Dicitur quod propterea Deus, etc., usque ad usque ad finem sæculi fecerit crescere, manere et mutari.
3.10 Vidi afflictionem how he_gave, etc. HIER. Dicitur that propterea God, etc., until to until to finem sæculi fecerit crescere, manere and mutari.
BrTr I have seen all the trouble, which God has given to the sons of men to be troubled with.
BrLXX Εἶδον σὺν πάντα τὸν περισπασμὸν, ὃν ἔδωκεν ὁ Θεὸς τοῖς υἱοῖς τῶν ἀνθρώπων τοῦ περισπᾶσθαι ἐν αὐτῷ.
(Eidon sun panta ton perispasmon, hon edōken ho Theos tois huiois tōn anthrōpōn tou perispasthai en autōi.)
3:10 the burden God has placed on us all: God intensified the severity of our labor following humankind’s rebellion against him (Gen 3:17-19). This burden is not so great that we cannot enjoy our work and its fruits (Eccl 3:11-13).