Ecclesiastes 1:13

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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.And I set my mind to seek and explore by wisdom all that is done under heaven. What a heavy burden God has laid upon the sons of men to occupy them!

In other translations

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.And I set my mind to seek and explore by wisdom all that is done under heaven. What a heavy burden God has laid upon the sons of men to occupy them!

Hebrew words

וְנָתַתִּיvenatatiand I gaveH5414אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853לִבִּיlibiheart myH3820לִדְרוֹשׁlidrooshto studyH1875וְלָתוּרvelaturand to discoverH8446בַּחָכְמָהbachakhemahby <the> wisdomH2451עַל'alonH5921כָּל־kol-allH3605אֲשֶׁר'asherthatH834נַעֲשָׂהna'asahit has been doneH6213תַּחַתtachatunderH8478הַשָּׁמָיִםhashamayimthe heavensH8064הוּא׀hu'itH1931עִנְיַן'inyan[is] a task ofH6045רָעra'evilH7451נָתַןnatan[which] he has givenH5414אֱלֹהִים'elohimGodH430לִבְנֵיlivneito [the] children ofH1121הָאָדָםha'adam<the> humankindH120לַעֲנוֹתla'anotto be busyH6031בּוֹ׃bowith <the> it

Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.

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