Verse 16

When I applied{H5414} my 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}

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 127:2 : 2 It is vain{H7723} for you to rise up{H6965} early,{H7925} To take rest{H3427} late,{H309} To eat{H398} the bread{H3899} of toil;{H6089} [For] so he giveth{H5414} unto his beloved{H3039} sleep.{H8142}
  • Eccl 1:13 : 13 And I applied{H5414} my heart{H3820} to seek{H1875} and to search out{H8446} by wisdom{H2451} concerning all that is done{H6213} under heaven:{H8064} it is a sore{H7451} travail{H6045} that God{H430} hath given{H5414} to the sons{H1121} of men{H120} to be exercised{H6031} therewith.
  • Eccl 2:23 : 23 For all his days{H3117} are [but] sorrows,{H4341} and his travail{H6045} is grief;{H3708} yea, even in the night{H3915} his heart{H3820} taketh no rest.{H7901} This also is vanity.{H1892}
  • Eccl 4:8 : 8 There is{H3426} one{H259} that is alone, and he hath not a second;{H8145} yea, he hath neither son{H1121} nor brother;{H251} yet is there no end{H7093} of all his labor,{H5999} neither are his eyes{H5869} satisfied{H7646} with riches.{H6239} For whom then, [saith he], do I labor,{H6001} and deprive{H2637} my soul{H5315} of good?{H2896} This also is vanity,{H1892} yea, it is a sore{H7451} travail.{H6045}
  • Eccl 5:12 : 12 The sleep{H8142} of a laboring man{H5647} is sweet,{H4966} whether he eat{H398} little{H4592} or much;{H7235} but the fulness{H7647} of the rich{H6223} will not suffer{H3240} him to sleep.{H3462}
  • Eccl 7:25 : 25 I turned{H5437} about, and my heart{H3820} [was set] to know{H3045} and to search{H8446} out,{H1245} and to seek wisdom{H2451} and the reason{H2808} [of things], and to know{H3045} that wickedness{H7562} is folly,{H3689} and that foolishness{H5531} is madness.{H1947}
  • Eccl 8:7 : 7 for he knoweth{H3045} not that which shall be; for who can tell{H5046} him how it shall be?
  • Eccl 8:9 : 9 All this have I seen,{H7200} and applied{H5414} my heart{H3820} unto every work{H4639} that is done{H6213} under the sun:{H8121} [there is] a time{H6256} wherein one man{H120} hath power{H7980} over another to his hurt.{H7451}
  • Gen 31:40 : 40 Thus I was; in the day{H3117} the drought{H2721} consumed{H398} me, and the frost{H7140} by night;{H3915} and my sleep{H8142} fled{H5074} from mine eyes.{H5869}