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
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Other Translations for Ecclesiastes 8:16

BSB
When I applied my mind to know wisdom and to observe the task that one performs on the earth-though his eyes do not see sleep in the day or even in the night-
AKJV
When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done on the earth: (for also there is that neither day nor night sees sleep with his eyes:)
CPDV
And I applied my heart, so that I might know wisdom, and so that I might understand a disturbance that turns upon the earth: it is a man, who takes no sleep with his eyes, day and night.
ERV
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:)
NHEB
When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done on the earth (for also there is that neither day nor night sees sleep with his eyes),
SMT
According as I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to see the labor that was done upon the earth: for also in the day and in the night he saw not sleep with his eyes.

Commentary for Ecclesiastes 8:16

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Overview of Ecclesiastes 8:16
Summary
Seeking wisdom brings sleepless study
Event
Observing scholar's sleepless effort
Estimated Time Period
c. 300-200 BC
Category
Teaching