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 Há [outra] futilidade que é feita sobre a terra: que há justos a quem acontece conforme as obras dos perversos, e há perversos a quem acontece conforme as obras dos justos. Digo que isso também é futilidade.
15 Assim elogiei a alegria, pois o homem não tem nada melhor abaixo do sol do que comer, beber e se alegrar; que isso acompanhe seu trabalho nos dias de sua vida, que Deus lhe dá abaixo do sol.
16 Enquanto entregava meu coração a entender a sabedoria, e ver a ocupação que é feita abaixo do sol (ainda que nem de dia, nem de noite, [o homem] veja sono em seus olhos),
17 Então vi toda a obra de Deus, que o homem não pode compreender a obra que é feita abaixo do sol; mesmo que o homem trabalhe para a buscar, ele não a encontrará; ainda que o sábio diga que a conhece, ele não pode compreendê [-la] .
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What Does Ecclesiastes 8:16 Mean?
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