New American Standard Bible 2020

Ecclesiastes 8:16-17

16When I 1devoted my 2mind to know wisdom and to see the business which has been done on the earth (even though one should 3 4never sleep day or night),

17and I saw every work of God, I concluded that 5one cannot discover the work which has been done under the sun. Even though a person laboriously seeks, he will not discover; and 6even if the wise person claims to know, he cannot discover.

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Notes

1. Ecclesiastes 8:16 Eccl 1:13, 14 ↩
2. Ecclesiastes 8:16 Lit heart ↩
3. Ecclesiastes 8:16 Lit see no sleep in his eyes ↩
4. Ecclesiastes 8:16 Eccl 2:23 ↩
5. Ecclesiastes 8:17 Eccl 3:11 ↩
6. Ecclesiastes 8:17 Ps 73:16; Eccl 7:23; Rom 11:33 ↩

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