King James Version
Ecclesiastes 3:10 in the King James Version says “I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.” — study this verse from Ecclesiastes chapter 3 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.”
Ecclesiastes 3:10 · KJV
A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?
I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.
He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.
I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“I have seen”
H7200to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“which God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
“to the sons”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
“to be exercised”
H6031to depress literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive (in various applications, as follows)
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