Ecclesiastes 8:16 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Ecclesiastes 8:16 in 6 Bible Translations
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Ecclesiastes 8:16 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done on the earth (even though eyes see no sleep day or night),”
Ecclesiastes 8:16 — World English Bible
Ecclesiastes 8:16 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“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 — American Standard Version
Ecclesiastes 8:16 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“When I gave my heart to know wisdom and to see the business that hath been done on the earth, (for there is also a spectator in whose eyes sleep is not by day and by night),”
Ecclesiastes 8:16 — Young's Literal Translation
Ecclesiastes 8:16 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“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 — Darby Translation
Ecclesiastes 8:16 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“When I applied mine heart to knowe wisedome, and to behold the busines that is done on earth, that neither day nor night the eyes of man take sleepe,”
Ecclesiastes 8:16 — Geneva Bible
Ecclesiastes 8:16 in Context — Ecclesiastes 8
14 There 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.
15 Then 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.
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:)
17 Then 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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What Does Ecclesiastes 8:16 Mean?
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