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Ecclesiastes 3:10 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

“I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.”

Ecclesiastes 3:10

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A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.

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What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?

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I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.

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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.

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I know that {there is} no good in them, but for {a man} to rejoice, and to do good in his life.

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