Parallel Bible results for "ecclesiastes 8:16"

Ecclesiastes 8:16

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16 Whereupon I set my heart to know wisdom, and to perceive the trouble that was wrought upon the earth: for there is that neither by day nor night sees sleep with his eyes.
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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