I sent you to reap what you did not work for; others have labored and you have entered into their labor.”

For six days ¹  you may labor ²  and do all your work, ³ 

He gave their crops to the grasshopper, the fruit of their labor to the locust.

Men then go out to do their work, and labor away until evening. ¹ 

King Solomon conscripted ¹  work crews ²  from throughout Israel, 30,000 men in all.

You are to work and do all your tasks in six days,

The diligent ¹  person ²  will rule, but the slothful ³  will become a slave. ⁴ 

in beatings, in imprisonments, in riots, ¹  in troubles, ²  in sleepless nights, in hunger,

They traveled on from Bethel, and when Ephrath was still some distance away, ¹  Rachel went into labor ²  – and her labor was hard.

Whenever the Israelites were strong militarily, they forced the Canaanites to do hard labor, but they never totally conquered them. ¹ 

Ahishar was supervisor of the palace. ¹  Adoniram son of Abda was supervisor of ²  the work crews. ³ 

So I began to despair ¹  about all the fruit of ²  my labor ³  for which I worked so hard ⁴  on earth. ⁵ 

Whenever Israel was strong militarily, they forced the Canaanites to do hard labor, but they never totally conquered them.

Will you rely on it because its strength is great? Will you commit ¹  your labor to it?

So he used suffering to humble them; ¹  they stumbled and no one helped them up.

lest strangers devour ¹  your strength, ²  and your labor ³  benefit ⁴  another man’s house.

What does a man acquire from all his labor and from the anxiety that accompanies his toil on earth? ¹ 

Adoniram ¹  was supervisor of the work crews. ²  Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the secretary.

If I am guilty, ¹  why then ²  weary myself ³  in vain? ⁴ 

What the sluggard desires ¹  will kill him, ²  for his hands ³  refuse to work.