Ecclesiastes · קֹהֶלֶת

Ecclesiastes 8:16

כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר נָתַ֤תִּי אֶת לִבִּי֙ לָדַ֣עַת חָכְמָ֔ה וְלִרְא֧וֹת אֶת הָעִנְיָ֛ן אֲשֶׁ֥ר נַעֲשָׂ֖ה עַל הָאָ֑רֶץ כִּ֣י גַם בַּיּ֔וֹם וּבַלַּ֕יְלָה שֵׁנָ֛ה בְּעֵינָ֖יו אֵינֶ֥נּוּ רֹאֶֽה׃
kaʾasher natatiy ʾet libiy ladaʿat ḥakmah vlirʾvot ʾet haʿinyan ʾasher naʿashah ʿal haʾareṣ kiy gam bayvom vbalaylah shenah bʿeynayv ʾeynenv roʾeh
King James Version (KJV)

When I applied mine heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon earth: (for also there is that neither day nor night seeth sleep with his eyes:)

Modern English

When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done on earth, how neither day nor night do one's eyes see sleep—

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