Parallel Bible results for "Ecclesiastes 8:16"

Ecclesiastes 8:16

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16 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),
16 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—
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