I have seen the burden God has laid on the human race.
NIV
I have seen the painful labor and exertion and miserable business which God has given to the sons of men with which to exercise and busy themselves.
AMP
I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.
KJV
The musicians also were brought together from the region around Jerusalem – from the villages of the Netophathites
NIV
And the sons of the singers gathered together from the plain and circuit around Jerusalem and from the villages of the Netophathites
AMP
And the sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both out of the plain country round about Jerusalem, and from the villages of Netophathi;
KJV
Because the gracious hand of our God was on us, they brought us Sherebiah, a capable man, from the descendants of Mahli son of Levi, the son of Israel, and Sherebiah's sons and brothers, 18 in all
NIV
And by the good hand of our God upon us, they brought us a man of understanding, of the sons of Mahli son of Levi, the son of Israel, named Sherebiah, with his sons and his kinsmen, 18
AMP
And by the good hand of our God upon us they brought us a man of understanding, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel; and Sherebiah, with his sons and his brethren, eighteen;
KJV