Ecclesiastes 8:16
“When I applied mine heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth: (for also there is that neither day nor night seeth sleep with his eyes:)”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 Ecclesiastes 8:16 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
When I applied mine heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth: (for also there is that neither day nor night seeth sleep with his eyes:)
American Standard Version (ASV)English
When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth (for also there is that neither day nor night seeth sleep with his eyes),
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Als ich mein Herz darauf richtete, Weisheit zu erkennen, und das Treiben zu besehen, welches auf Erden geschieht (denn weder bei Tage noch bei Nacht sieht er den Schlaf mit seinen Augen),
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Yo pues dí mi corazón á conocer sabiduría, y á ver la faena que se hace sobre la tierra; (porque hay quien ni de noche ni de día ve sueño en su ojos;)
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
Enquanto entregava meu coração a entender a sabedoria, e ver a ocupação que é feita abaixo do sol (ainda que nem de dia, nem de noite, o homem veja sono em seus olhos),
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Quando apliquei meu coração a conhecer a sabedoria e entender o trabalho feito na terra, o qual frequentemente é sem descanso para os olhos, de noite ou de dia,
📖 Ecclesiastes 8:16 in Context
14There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be just men, unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there be wicked men, to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also is vanity.
15Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun.
16When I applied mine heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth: (for also there is that neither day nor night seeth sleep with his eyes:)
17Then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because though a man labour to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea further; though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.
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