Ecclesiastes 8:16-17
New American Standard Bible
16 When I (A)devoted my [a]mind to know wisdom and to see the business which has been done on the earth (even though one should [b](B)never sleep day or night), 17 and I saw every work of God, I concluded that (C)one cannot discover the work which has been done under the sun. Even though a person laboriously seeks, he will not discover; and (D)even if the wise person claims to know, he cannot discover.
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- Ecclesiastes 8:16 Lit heart
- Ecclesiastes 8:16 Lit see no sleep in his eyes
Ecclesiastes 8:16-17
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
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, 17 then I saw all the work of God, that no one can find out what is happening under the sun. However much they may toil in seeking, they will not find it out; even though those who are wise claim to know, they cannot find it out.(A)
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