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Ecclesiastes 8:16
ESV When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done on earth, how neither day nor night do one 's eyes see sleep,
NIV When I applied my mind to know wisdom and to observe the labor that is done on earth—people getting no sleep day or night—
NASB When I devoted my mind to know wisdom and to see the business which has been done on the earth (even though one should never sleep day or night),
CSB When I applied my mind to know wisdom and to observe the activity that is done on the earth (even though one’s eyes do not close in sleep day or night),
NLT In my search for wisdom and in my observation of people’s burdens here on earth, I discovered that there is ceaseless activity, day and night.
KJV 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:)
NKJV When I applied my heart to know wisdom and to see the business that is done on earth, even though one sees no sleep day or night,

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