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Ecclesiastes 8:16
NIV:  When I applied my mind to know wisdom and to observe the labor that is done on earth--people getting no sleep day or night--
NAS:  When I gave my heart to know wisdom and to see the task which has been done on the earth (even though one should never sleep day or night),
KJV:  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:)
GWT:  When I carefully considered how to study wisdom and how to look at the work that is done on earth (even going without sleep day and night),
ASV:  When I applied my 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),
BBE:  When I gave my mind to the knowledge of wisdom and to seeing the business which is done on the earth (and there are those whose eyes see not sleep by day or by night),
DBY:  When I applied my 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),
DRB:  And I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to understand the distraction that is upon earth: for there are some that day and night take no sleep with their eyes.
WBS:  When I applied my 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:)
WEB:  When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done on the earth (for also there is that neither day nor night sees sleep with his eyes),
YLT:  When I gave my heart to know wisdom and to see the business that hath been done on the earth, (for there is also a spectator in whose eyes sleep is not by day and by night),

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