Kohelet 3:10

10 I have seen the occupation, which Elohim hath given to the bnei HaAdam to keep them occupied.

Kohelet 3:10 Meaning and Commentary

Ecclesiastes 3:10

I have seen the travail which God hath given to the sons of
men
The pains and trouble they are at to get a little wisdom and knowledge, ( Ecclesiastes 1:13 ) ; and so to obtain riches and honour, peace and plenty, which sometimes they do obtain, and sometimes not; and when they do, do not keep them long, for there is a time for everything. This the wise man had observed, in a variety of instances; and he considered the end of God in it, which was for men to be exercised in it,
or "by it"; or "to afflict" or "humble [them] by it" ^F12; to let them see that all their toil and labour signified little; all depended on a divine blessing, and no happiness was to be had in the creatures; all was vanity and vexation of spirit; (See Gill on Ecclesiastes 1:13).

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FOOTNOTES:

F12 (wb twnel) "ad affligendum se in ea", Montanus; "ut eos adfligat in ea, sc. per eam", Rambachius; "ut ea redderet humiles", Tigurine version.

Kohelet 3:10 In-Context

8 An et (season) to love, and an et (season) to hate; an et (season) of milchamah, and an et (season) of shalom.

9 What profit hath the worker from his amal (labor)?

10 I have seen the occupation, which Elohim hath given to the bnei HaAdam to keep them occupied.

11 Hashem hath made every thing yafeh in its et (season); also He hath set HaOlam in their lev, yet so that no adam can find out the ma’aseh that HaElohim hath done from the beginning to the end.

12 I have da’as that there is nothing better for adam, than that they have simchah and do tov while they live.