Ecclesiastes · קֹהֶלֶת

Ecclesiastes 1:13

וְנָתַ֣תִּי אֶת לִבִּ֗י לִדְר֤וֹשׁ וְלָתוּר֙ בַּחָכְמָ֔ה עַ֛ל כָּל אֲשֶׁ֥ר נַעֲשָׂ֖ה תַּ֣חַת הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם ה֣וּא עִנְיַ֤ן רָ֙ע֙ נָתַ֣ן אֱלֹהִ֔ים לִבְנֵ֥י הָאָדָ֖ם לַעֲנ֥וֹת בּֽוֹ׃
vnatatiy ʾet libiy lidrvosh vlatvr baḥakmah ʿal kal ʾasher naʿashah taḥat hashamayim hvʾ ʿinyan raʿ natan ʾelohiym libney haʾadam laʿanvot bvo
King James Version (KJV)

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.

Modern English

And I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom all that is done under heaven. It is an unhappy business that God has given to the children of man to be busy with.

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