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 Hay vanidad que se hace sobre la tierra: que hay justos á quienes sucede como [si hicieran] obras de impíos; y hay impíos á quienes acaece como [si hicieran] obras de justos. Digo que esto también es vanidad.
15 Por tanto alabé yo la alegría; que no tiene el hombre bien debajo del sol, sino que coma y beba, y se alegre; y que esto se le quede de su trabajo los días de su vida que Dios le dió debajo del sol.
16 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;)
17 Y he visto todas las obras de Dios, que el hombre no puede alcanzar la obra que debajo del sol se hace; por mucho que trabaje el hombre buscándola, no la hallará: aunque diga el sabio que la sabe, no por eso podrá alcanzarla.
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What Does Ecclesiastes 8:16 Mean?
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