LXX Ecclesiastes 8:16
LXX:
Whereupon I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to behold the distraction being done upon the earth. For also at day and at night [a person] is not seeing sleep with his eyes.
Greek:
εν οις έδωκα την καρδίαν μου του γνώναι την σοφίαν και του ιδείν τον περισπασμόν τον πεποιημένον επί της γης ότι και εν ημέρα και εν νυκτί ύπνον εν οφθαλμοίς αυτού ουκ έστι βλέπων
Topics:
GOD • WISDOM • WORLDLINESS
MT:
Masoretic Text
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| Translation | Greek |
|---|---|
| Whereupon | εν οις |
| I gave | έδωκα |
| <obj.> | την |
| my heart | καρδίαν μου |
| <obj.> | του |
| to know | γνώναι |
| <obj.> | την |
| wisdom, | σοφίαν |
| and | και |
| <obj.> | του |
| to behold | ιδείν |
| the | τον |
| distraction | περισπασμόν |
| <obj.> | τον |
| being done | πεποιημένον |
| upon | επί |
| the | της |
| earth. | γης |
| For | ότι |
| also | και |
| at | εν |
| day | ημέρα |
| and | και |
| at | εν |
| night | νυκτί |
| sleep | ύπνον |
| with | εν |
| his eyes | οφθαλμοίς αυτού |
| [a person] is not | ουκ έστι |
| seeing | βλέπων |
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