Ecclesiastes 8:16
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),This verse in the real world
In what words
- עִנְיָןʻinyânado, i.e. (generally) employment or (specifically) an affair
- שֵׁנָהshênâhsleep
- חׇכְמָהchokmâhwisdom (in a good sense)
- לַיִלlayilproperly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity
- לֵבlêbthe heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the in
- יָדַעyâdaʻto know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figurativel
- רָאָהrâʼâhto see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitiv
- יוֹםyôwma day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.