| English Standard Version (ESV) | New International Version (NIV) |
| 16 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, | 16 When I applied my mind to know wisdom and to observe man's labor on earth--his eyes not seeing sleep day or night-- |
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