Ecclesiastes 1:13 - Catholic Public Domain Version

¹³ And I was determined in my mind to seek and to investigate wisely, concerning all that is done under the sun. God has given this very difficult task to the sons of men, so that they may be occupied by it.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹³ And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹³ And I applied myself by heart and mind to seek and search out by [human] wisdom all human activity under heaven. It is a miserable business which God has given to the sons of man with which to busy themselves.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹³ And I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under heaven: it is a sore travail that God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised therewith.

Common English Bible

¹³ I applied my mind to investigate and to explore by wisdom all that happens under heaven. It’s an unhappy obsession that God has given to human beings.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹³ And I proposed in my mind to seek and search out wisely concerning all things that are done under the sun. This painful occupation hath God given to the children of men, to be exercised therein.

Ecclesiastes 1:13 পৰস্পৰ সংযোগসমূহ

Ecclesiastes 3:10

I have seen the affliction that God has given to the sons of men, in order that they may be occupied by it.

Genesis 3:19

By the sweat of your face shall you eat bread, until you return to the earth from which you were taken. For dust you are, and unto dust you shall return."

Ecclesiastes 1:17

And I have dedicated my heart, so that I may know prudence and doctrine, and also error and foolishness. Yet I recognize that, in these things also, there is hardship, and affliction of the spirit.

1 Timothy 4:15

Meditate on these things, so that your progress may be manifest to all.

Ecclesiastes 12:12

You should require no more than this, my son. For there is no end to the making of many books. And excessive study is an affliction to the flesh.

Ecclesiastes 7:25

so much more than it was before. Wisdom is very profound, so who shall reveal her?

Ecclesiastes 8:9

I have considered all these things, and I have applied my heart to all the works which are being done under the sun. Sometimes one man rules over another to his own harm.

Ecclesiastes 4:4

Again, I was contemplating all the labors of men. And I took notice that their endeavors are open to the envy of their neighbor. And so, in this, too, there is emptiness and superfluous anxiety.

Ecclesiastes 2:26

God has given, to the man who is good in his sight, wisdom, and knowledge, and rejoicing. But to the sinner, he has given affliction and needless worrying, so as to add, and to gather, and to deliver, to him who has pleased God. But this, too, is emptiness and a hollow worrying of the mind.

Ecclesiastes 2:23

All his days have been filled with sorrows and hardships; neither does he rest his mind, even in the night. And is this not emptiness?

Proverbs 23:26

My son, offer me your heart, and let your eyes keep to my ways.

Proverbs 18:15

A prudent heart shall possess knowledge. And the ear of the wise seeks doctrine.

Proverbs 18:1

Whoever has a will to withdraw from a friend, seeks occasions; he shall be reproached at all times.

Proverbs 4:7

The beginning of wisdom is to obtain wisdom, and, with all that you possess, to acquire prudence.

Psalm 111:2

His offspring will be powerful on the earth. The generation of the upright will be blessed.

Job 28:3

He has established a time for darkness, and he has settled on an end for all things, as well as for the stone that is in the gloom and shadow of death.

Ecclesiastes 3:11

He has made all things good in their time, and he has handed over the world to their disputes, so that man may not discover the work which God made from the beginning, even until the end.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

He is one, and he does not have a second: no son, no brother. And yet he does not cease to labor, nor are his eyes satisfied with wealth, nor does he reflect, saying: "For whom do I labor and cheat my soul of good things?" In this, too, is emptiness and a most burdensome affliction.

Ecclesiastes 11:5

In the same manner that you do not know the way of the spirit, nor the way that bones are joined together in the womb of a pregnant woman, so you do not know the works of God, who is the Maker of all.

Proverbs 25:2

It is to the glory of God to conceal a word, and it is to the glory of kings to investigate speech.