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Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
occupatio magna creata est omnibus hominibus et iugum grave super filios Adam a die exitus de ventre matris eorum usque in diem sepulturae in matrem omnium

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Other translations
New Catholic Bible   
Strenuous labor is the lot of everyone, and a heavy yoke has been laid on the children of Adam, from the day when one emerges from his mother’s womb until the day when he returns to the earth, the mother of all the living.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Hard work was created for everyone, and a heavy yoke is laid on the children of Adam, from the day they come forth from their mother’s womb until the day they return to the mother of all the living.
Good News Translation®   
Every person has been given a great deal of work to do. A heavy burden lies on all of us from the day of our birth until the day we go back to the earth, the mother of us all.
Wycliffe Bible   
Great occupation is made to all men, and an heavy yoke on the sons of Adam, from the day of the going out of the womb of their mother, till into the day of burying into the mother of all men, that is, into the earth. [Great occupation is shaped to all men, and a grievous yoke upon the sons of Adam, from the day of the going out from the womb of the mother of them, unto the day of the burying into the mother of all things.]
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Much labor was created for every man, and a heavy yoke is upon the sons of Adam, from the day they come forth from their mother’s womb till the day they return to the mother of all.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
Hard work was created for everyone, and a heavy yoke is laid on the children of Adam, from the day they come forth from their mother’s womb until the day they return to the mother of all the living.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
Hard work was created for everyone, and a heavy yoke is laid on the children of Adam, from the day they come forth from their mother’s womb until the day they return to the mother of all the living.
Common English Bible © 2011   
Hard work was created for every person, and a heavy yoke lies upon human beings, from the day when they leave their mother’s womb until the day when they return to the mother of all.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
A great anxiety has God allotted, and a heavy yoke, to the children of Adam, From the day they leave their mother’s womb until the day they return to the mother of all the living.
Revised Standard Version   
Much labor was created for every man, and a heavy yoke is upon the sons of Adam, from the day they come forth from their mother’s womb till the day they return to the mother of all.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
Hard work was created for everyone, and a heavy yoke is laid on the children of Adam, from the day they come forth from their mother’s womb until the day they return to the mother of all the living.