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Ecclesiastes 8:16

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16 And I setted mine heart to know wisdom, and to understand the parting, which is turned in earth. A man is, that by days and nights, taketh not sleep with his eyes. (And I set my heart to know wisdom, and to understand what is done on the earth. And in trying to understand this, a person might not close his eyes in sleep for many days and nights.)
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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