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Ecclesiastes 8:16

16 When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to see ythe business that is done on earth, how neither zday nor night do one’s eyes see sleep,

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Ecclesiastes 8:16 — The New International Version (NIV)

16 When I applied my mind to know wisdom and to observe the labor that is done on earth—people getting no sleep day or night—

Ecclesiastes 8:16 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

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:)

Ecclesiastes 8:16 — New Living Translation (NLT)

16 In my search for wisdom and in my observation of people’s burdens here on earth, I discovered that there is ceaseless activity, day and night.

Ecclesiastes 8:16 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

16 When I applied my heart to know wisdom and to see the business that is done on earth, even though one sees no sleep day or night,

Ecclesiastes 8:16 — New Century Version (NCV)

16 I tried to understand all that happens on earth. I saw how busy people are, working day and night and hardly ever sleeping.

Ecclesiastes 8:16 — American Standard Version (ASV)

16 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),

Ecclesiastes 8:16 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

16 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),

Ecclesiastes 8:16 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

16 When I carefully considered how to study wisdom and how to look at the work that is done on earth (even going without sleep day and night),

Ecclesiastes 8:16 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

16 When I applied my mind to know wisdom and to observe the activity that is done on the earth (even though one’s eyes do not close in sleep day or night),

Ecclesiastes 8:16 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

16 When I applied my mind to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done on earth, how one’s eyes see sleep neither day nor night,

Ecclesiastes 8:16 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

16 I applied my mind to know wisdom and to understand the business that is done on earth—how neither day nor night one’s eyes see sleep.

Ecclesiastes 8:16 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

16 I used my mind to understand what it really means to be wise. I wanted to observe the hard work man does on earth. He doesn’t close his eyes and go to sleep day or night.

Ecclesiastes 8:16 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

16 When I gave my heart to know wisdom and to see the task which has been done on the earth (even though one should never sleep day or night),


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