American Standard Version
Ecclesiastes 8:16-17
16WhenIappliedmyheartלִבִּי֙li.BiH3820toknowלָדַ֣עַתla.Da.'atH3045wisdomחָכְמָ֔הchokh.mahH2451,andtoseeH7200thebusinessthatisdoneupontheearthהָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzH776(foralsoגַ֤םgamH1571thereisthatneitherdayבַּיּוֹם֙bai.yOmH3117nornightוּבַלַּ֔יְלָהu.va.Lay.lahH3915seethsleepשֵׁנָ֕הshe.NahH8142withhiseyesH5869),
17thenIbeheldalltheworkמַעֲשֵׂ֣הma.'a.SehH4639ofGodהָאֱלֹהִים֒ha.'E.lo.HimH430,thatmanH120cannotfindלִמְצוֹא֙lim.tzO'H4672outtheworkהַֽמַּעֲשֶׂה֙ha.ma.'a.SehH4639thatisdoneunderthesunהַשֶּׁ֔מֶשׁha.She.meshH8121:becausehowevermuchamanH120labortoseekלְבַקֵּ֖שׁle.va.KeshH1245itout,yetheshallnotfindיִמְצָ֑אyim.Tza'H4672it;yeamoreover,thoughawiseהֶֽחָכָם֙he.cha.KhamH2450manH120thinktoknowלָדַ֔עַתla.Da.'atH3045it,yetshallhenotbeableH3201tofindלִמְצֹֽא׃lim.Tzo'H4672it.
Commentaries on Ecclesiastes 8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
American Standard Version — 1901 — Public Domain
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