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:)
KJV
Et apposui cor meum ut scirem sapientiam, et intelligerem distentionem quæ versatur in terra. Est homo qui diebus et noctibus somnum non capit oculis.
Vulgate
Ἐν οἷς ἔδωκα τὴν καρδίαν μου γνῶναι τὴν σοφίαν καὶ τοῦ ἰδεῖν τὸν περισπασμὸν τὸν πεποιημένον ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς· ὅτι καὶ ἐν ἡμέρᾳ καὶ ἐν νυκτὶ ὕπνον ὀφθαλμοῖς αὐτοῦ οὐκ ἔστιν βλέπων·
LXX
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),
ASV
כַּ/אֲשֶׁ֨ר נָתַ֤תִּי אֶת לִבִּ/י֙ לָ/דַ֣עַת חָכְמָ֔ה וְ/לִ/רְאוֹת֙ אֶת הָ֣/עִנְיָ֔ן אֲשֶׁ֥ר נַעֲשָׂ֖ה עַל הָ/אָ֑רֶץ כִּ֣י גַ֤ם בַּ/יּוֹם֙ וּ/בַ/לַּ֔יְלָה שֵׁנָ֕ה בְּ/עֵינָ֖י/ו אֵינֶ֥/נּוּ רֹאֶֽה
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
18 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Eccl 1:13 — And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.
- Eccl 1:13 — And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.
- Eccl 2:23 — For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.
- Eccl 9:13 — This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me:
- Prov 2:2 — So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;
- Ps 121:4 — Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.
- Ps 127:2 — It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.