Ecclesiastes 1:13
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13 I applied my mind to study and to explore by wisdom all that is done under the heavens.(A) What a heavy burden God has laid on mankind!(B)
Ecclesiastes 1:13
King James Version
13 And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.
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Ecclesiastes 1:13
New King James Version
13 And I set my heart to seek and (A)search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under heaven; (B)this burdensome task God has given to the sons of man, by which they may be [a]exercised.
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- Ecclesiastes 1:13 Or afflicted
Ecclesiastes 7:25
New International Version
Ecclesiastes 7:25
King James Version
25 I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness:
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Ecclesiastes 7:25
New King James Version
25 (A)I applied my heart to know,
To search and seek out wisdom and the reason of things,
To know the wickedness of folly,
Even of foolishness and madness.
Ecclesiastes 8:17
New International Version
17 then I saw all that God has done.(A) No one can comprehend what goes on under the sun. Despite all their efforts to search it out, no one can discover its meaning. Even if the wise claim they know, they cannot really comprehend it.(B)
Ecclesiastes 8:17
King James Version
17 Then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because though a man labour to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea farther; though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.
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Ecclesiastes 8:17
New King James Version
17 then I saw all the work of God, that (A)a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun. For though a man labors to discover it, yet he will not find it; moreover, though a wise man attempts to know it, he will not be able to find it.
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