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Ecclesiaste 8:16

Listen to Ecclesiaste 8:16
16 Quand’io ho applicato il mio cuore a conoscere la sapienza e a considerare le cose che si fanno sulla terra perché gli occhi dell’uomo non godono sonno né giorno né notte,

Ecclesiaste 8:16 Meaning and Commentary

Ecclesiastes 8:16

When I applied mine heart to know wisdom
The nature and causes of things; the wisdom of God in his providence, and the grounds and reasons of his various dispensations towards the children of men: the Targum interprets it, the wisdom of the law; and to see the business that is done upon the earth;
either the business of Providence, in dealing so unequally with the righteous and the wicked, before observed; and which is a business very afflictive and distressing for curious persons to look into, not being able to account for it: or the labour and toil of men to get wealth and riches, and to find happiness in them; (for also [there is that] neither day nor night seeth sleep with his
eyes);
or has any sleep in his eyes, through his eager pursuit after worldly things, or, however, has but little; he rises early and sits up late at his business, so close and diligent is he at it, so industrious to obtain riches, imagining a happiness in them there is not: or else this describes persons curious and inquisitive into the affairs of Providence, and the reasons of them; who give themselves no rest, day nor night, being so intent upon their studies of this kind; and perhaps the wise man may design himself.

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Ecclesiaste 8:16 In-Context

14 V’è una vanità che avviene sulla terra; ed è che vi son dei giusti i quali son trattati come se avessero fatto l’opera degli empi, e vi son degli empi i quali son trattati come se avessero fatto l’opera de’ giusti. Io ho detto che anche questo è vanità.
15 Così io ho lodata la gioia, perché non v’è per l’uomo altro bene sotto il sole, fuori del mangiare, del bere e del gioire; questo è quello che lo accompagnerà in mezzo al suo lavoro, durante i giorni di vita che Dio gli dà sotto il sole.
16 Quand’io ho applicato il mio cuore a conoscere la sapienza e a considerare le cose che si fanno sulla terra perché gli occhi dell’uomo non godono sonno né giorno né notte,
17 allora ho mirato tutta l’opera di Dio, e ho veduto che l’uomo è impotente a spiegare quello che si fa sotto il sole; egli ha un bell’affaticarsi a cercarne la spiegazione; non riesce a trovarla; e anche se il savio pretende di saperla, non però può trovarla.
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