Ecclesiastes 8:16
King James Version
10 Jun 2026
“When I applied mine heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth: (for also there is that neither day nor night seeth sleep with his eyes:)”
עָשָׂה
To do, to make, to accomplish. Asah. God looked at everything He had made and called it very good. Your life is also His asah. He is still working on it.
רָאָה
is seeing
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רָאָה
To see, to look, to perceive. Raah. The LORD sees not as man sees. Man looks on the outward appearance but God looks on the heart.
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לֵב
heart/ my
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לֵב
Heart, mind, will. Leb. The centre of human personality. Guard your heart above all else for everything you do flows from it.
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חׇכְמָה
wisdom
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חׇכְמָה
Wisdom. Chokhmah. The ability to apply knowledge rightly. It begins with the fear of the LORD and ends with godly living.
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גַּם
also
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גַּם
properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
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נָתַן
I gave
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נָתַן
To give, to grant, to permit. Nathan. God is always giving. His hand is always open.
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שֵׁנָה
sleep
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שֵׁנָה
sleep
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