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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:)

When I applied {H5414} mine heart {H3820} to know {H3045} wisdom {H2451}, and to see {H7200} the business {H6045} that is done {H6213} upon the earth {H776}:(for also there is that neither day {H3117} nor night {H3915} seeth {H7200} sleep {H8142} with his eyes {H5869}:)

When I applied myself to gain wisdom and to observe how people occupy themselves on earth, that people's eyes don't see sleep either by day or by night,

When I applied my mind to know wisdom and to observe the task that one performs on the earth—though his eyes do not see sleep in the day or even in the night—

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),

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Cross-References

  • Ecclesiastes 2:23 (3 votes)

    For all his days [are] sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.

  • Psalms 127:2 (3 votes)

    [It is] vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: [for] so he giveth his beloved sleep.

  • Ecclesiastes 1:13 (3 votes)

    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.

  • Genesis 31:40 (2 votes)

    [Thus] I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.

  • Ecclesiastes 5:12 (2 votes)

    The sleep of a labouring man [is] sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.

  • Ecclesiastes 8:9 (2 votes)

    ¶ All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that is done under the sun: [there is] a time wherein one man ruleth over another to his own hurt.

  • Ecclesiastes 4:8 (2 votes)

    There is one [alone], and [there is] not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet [is there] no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither [saith he], For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This [is] also vanity, yea, it [is] a sore travail.