Read Verse Keyword Strong's
Prev

Ecclesiastes 1:13

Next

And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all [things] that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.

And I gave {H5414} my heart {H3820} to seek {H1875} and search out {H8446} by wisdom {H2451} concerning all things that are done {H6213} under heaven {H8064}: this sore {H7451} travail {H6045} hath God {H430} given {H5414} to the sons {H1121} of man {H120} to be exercised {H6031} therewith.

I wisely applied myself to seek out and investigate everything done under heaven. What a bothersome task God has given humanity to keep us occupied!

And I set my mind to seek and explore by wisdom all that is done under heaven. What a heavy burden God has laid upon the sons of men to occupy them!

And I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under heaven: it is a sore travail that God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised therewith.

Commentary

Note: If the commentary doesn’t appear instantly, please allow 2–5 seconds for it to load. It is generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash (May 20, 2025) using a prompt focused on Biblical fidelity over bias. While the insights have been consistently reliable, we encourage prayerful discernment through the Holy Spirit.

Please note that only the commentary section is AI-generated — the main Scripture and cross-references are stored on the site and are from trusted and verified sources.

Cross-References

  • Ecclesiastes 3:10 (8 votes)

    I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.

  • Genesis 3:19 (6 votes)

    In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou [art], and unto dust shalt thou return.

  • Ecclesiastes 1:17 (5 votes)

    And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.

  • Ecclesiastes 8:16 (5 votes)

    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 8:17 (5 votes)

    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].

  • 1 Timothy 4:15 (4 votes)

    Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all.

  • Ecclesiastes 7:25 (4 votes)

    I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason [of things], and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness [and] madness: