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:)
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
Lorsque j'ai appliqué mon coeur à connaître la sagesse et à considérer les choses qui se passent sur la terre, -car les yeux de l'homme ne goûtent le sommeil ni jour ni nuit,
KJV
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:)
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Generalis elementaria introductio (= Eclogae propheticae)
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Epitome Historiarum
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