Ecclesiastes 8:16
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 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 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),
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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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- Ecclesiastes 8:16
- When I. Solomon here records the result of his perplexing inquiries into the affairs of men, and the purposes, providence, and works of God. And when he examined with great attention and diligence into the works of God, he found he could neither comprehend nor explain them; and was persuaded, that no application or capacity would enable a man to fathom the depth of the Divine dispensations in this lower world. How vain, then, are all cavils against Divine providence; when we can neither understand, nor comprehend it!
- Ecclesiastes 8:9; Ecclesiastes 8:7; Ecclesiastes 7:25
- there is that
- Ecclesiastes 2:23; Ecclesiastes 4:8; Ecclesiastes 5:12; Genesis 31:40; Psalm 127:2