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
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Related verses
- Ecclesiastes 3:10I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.I have seen the burden that God has laid upon the sons of men to occupy them.
- Genesis 3:19In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground— because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.”
- 1 Timothy 4:15Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all.Be diligent in these matters and absorbed in them, so that your progress will be evident to all.
- Ecclesiastes 8:16-1716 When I applied mine heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth: (for also there is that neither day nor night seeth sleep with his eyes:) 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 further; though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.16 When I applied my mind to know wisdom and to observe the task that one performs on the earth—though his eyes do not see sleep in the day or even in the night— 17 I saw every work of God, and that a man is unable to comprehend the work that is done under the sun. Despite his efforts to search it out, he cannot find its meaning; even if the wise man claims to know, he is unable to comprehend.
- Ecclesiastes 1:17And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.So I set my mind to know wisdom and madness and folly; I learned that this, too, is a pursuit of the wind.
- Ecclesiastes 12:12And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.And by these, my son, be further warned: There is no end to the making of many books, and much study wearies the body.
- Ecclesiastes 7:25I 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:I directed my mind to understand, to explore, to search out wisdom and explanations, and to understand the stupidity of wickedness and the folly of madness.
- Psalm 111:2The works of the LORD are great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein.Great are the works of the LORD; they are pondered by all who delight in them.
- Proverbs 18:15The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; and the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.The heart of the discerning acquires knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks it out.
- Ecclesiastes 2:23For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.Indeed, all his days are filled with grief, and his task is sorrowful; even at night, his mind does not rest. This too is futile.
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