Ecclesiastes 8:16

Good News Translation

Whenever I tried to become wise and learn what goes on in the world, I realized that you could stay awake night and day

Cross References

Genesis 31:40

Many times I suffered from the heat during the day and from the cold at night. I was not able to sleep.

Psalm 127:2

It is useless to work so hard for a living, getting up early and going to bed late. For the Lord provides for those he loves, while they are asleep.

Ecclesiastes 1:13

I determined that I would examine and study all the things that are done in this world. God has laid a miserable fate upon us.

Ecclesiastes 1:14

I have seen everything done in this world, and I tell you, it is all useless. It is like chasing the wind.

Ecclesiastes 1:17

I was determined to learn the difference between knowledge and foolishness, wisdom and madness. But I found out that I might as well be chasing the wind.

Ecclesiastes 2:23

As long as you live, everything you do brings nothing but worry and heartache. Even at night your mind can't rest. It is all useless.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

Here is someone who lives alone. He has no son, no brother, yet he is always working, never satisfied with the wealth he has. For whom is he working so hard and denying himself any pleasure? This is useless, too—and a miserable way to live.

Ecclesiastes 5:12

Workers may or may not have enough to eat, but at least they can get a good night's sleep. The rich, however, have so much that they stay awake worrying.

Ecclesiastes 7:25

But I devoted myself to knowledge and study; I was determined to find wisdom and the answers to my questions, and to learn how wicked and foolish stupidity is.

Ecclesiastes 8:7

None of us knows what is going to happen, and there is no one to tell us.

Ecclesiastes 8:9

I saw all this when I thought about the things that are done in this world, a world where some people have power and others have to suffer under them.