Ecclesiastes 1:13

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Summary

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.

I gave

This sore

General references

Ecclesiastes 3:10

Bible References

I gave

yea I have given my heart, to know wisdom, and to know madness, and folly, - I know that, even this, is a feeding on wind.

Resolved, I, in my heart, to know and search out, and to seek wisdom, and a conclusion, - and to know lawlessness to be stupidity, and folly to be madness.

All this, had I seen, and tried to apply my heart to every work which was done under the sun, - at such time as one man had power over another man, to his hurt.

Great are the works of Yahweh, sought out, by all who find pleasure therein.

So that thou direct, unto wisdom, thine ear, bend thy heart, unto understanding;

The principal thing, is wisdom, acquire thou wisdom, With all thine acquisition, acquire thou understanding.

A man seeketh, for satisfaction, going his own way, through all safe counsel, he breaketh.

Oh give, my son, thy mind unto me, and let, thine eyes, observe, my ways;

These things, be thy care, in these things, be thou, that, thine advancement, may be, manifest, unto all:

This sore

I looked at the employment which God hath given to the sons of men, to work therein:

Then saw, I, all the toil and all the skill of the work, that, for this, a man was envied of his neighbour, - even this, was vanity, and a feeding on wind.

And besides, from them, my son, be admonished, - Of making many books, there is no end, and, much study, is a weariness of the flesh.

In the sweat of thy face, shalt thou eat bread, until thou return to the ground, because therefrom, wast thou taken, - For, dust, thou art, And, unto dust, shalt thou return.

General references

I looked at the employment which God hath given to the sons of men, to work therein: