834 [e]   16 ka·’ă·šer   16 כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר    16 When   16 Prep‑k ¦ Pro‑r   16

5414 [e] nā·ṯat·tî נָתַ֤תִּי I gave V‑Qal‑Perf‑1cs

853 [e] ’eṯ- אֶת־ - DirObjM

3820 [e] lib·bî לִבִּי֙ my heart N‑msc ¦ 1cs

3045 [e] lā·ḏa·‘aṯ לָדַ֣עַת to know Prep‑l ¦ V‑Qal‑Inf

2451 [e] ḥāḵ·māh חָכְמָ֔ה wisdom N‑fs

7200 [e] wə·lir·’ō·wṯ וְלִרְאוֹת֙ and to see Conj‑w, Prep‑l ¦ V‑Qal‑Inf

853 [e] ’eṯ- אֶת־ - DirObjM

6045 [e] hā·‘in·yān, הָ֣עִנְיָ֔ן the task Art ¦ N‑ms

834 [e] ’ă·šer אֲשֶׁ֥ר that Pro‑r

6213 [e] na·‘ă·śāh נַעֲשָׂ֖ה is done V‑Nifal‑Perf‑3ms

5921 [e] ‘al- עַל־ on Prep

776 [e] hā·’ā·reṣ; הָאָ֑רֶץ earth Art ¦ N‑fs

3588 [e] kî כִּ֣י for Conj

1571 [e] ḡam גַ֤ם even Conj

3117 [e] bay·yō·wm בַּיּוֹם֙ in the day Prep‑b, Art ¦ N‑ms

3915 [e] ū·ḇal·lay·lāh, וּבַלַּ֔יְלָה and in the night Conj‑w, Prep‑b, Art ¦ N‑ms

8142 [e] šê·nāh שֵׁנָ֕ה sleep N‑fs

5869 [e] bə·‘ê·nāw בְּעֵינָ֖יו with his eyes Prep‑b ¦ N‑cdc ¦ 3ms

369 [e] ’ê·nen·nū אֵינֶ֥נּוּ not Adv ¦ 3ms

7200 [e] rō·’eh. רֹאֶֽה׃ is he seeing V‑Qal‑Prtcpl‑ms

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—

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),

Holman Christian Standard Bible
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),

New American Standard Bible
When I gave my heart to know wisdom and to see the task which has been done on the earth (even though one should never sleep day or night),

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: ) Ecclesiastes 8:16 • Ecclesiastes 8:16 NIV • Ecclesiastes 8:16 NLT • Ecclesiastes 8:16 ESV • Ecclesiastes 8:16 NASB • Ecclesiastes 8:16 KJV • Ecclesiastes 8:16 Biblia Paralela • Ecclesiastes 8:16 Chinese Bible • Ecclesiastes 8:16 French Bible • Ecclesiastes 8:16 German Bible

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