Verse (Click for Chapter) American Standard Version 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), Berean Study Bible 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— Douay-Rheims Bible And I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to understand the distraction that is upon earth: for there are some that day and night take no sleep with their eyes. English Revised Version 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:) King James Bible 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:) World English Bible When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done on the earth (for also there is that neither day nor night sees sleep with his eyes), Young's Literal Translation When I gave my heart to know wisdom and to see the business that hath been done on the earth, (for there is also a spectator in whose eyes sleep is not by day and by night), Ecclesiastes 8:16 Additional Translations ... Links Ecclesiastes 8:16 NIVEcclesiastes 8:16 NLT Ecclesiastes 8:16 ESV Ecclesiastes 8:16 NASB Ecclesiastes 8:16 NKJV Ecclesiastes 8:16 KJV |