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Ecclesiastes 8:16

Context
Limitations of Human Wisdom

8:16 When I tried 1  to gain 2  wisdom

and to observe the activity 3  on earth –

even though it prevents anyone from sleeping day or night 4 

1 tn Heb “I applied my heart.”

2 tn Heb “to know.”

3 tn Heb “and to see the business which is done.”

4 tn Heb “for no one sees sleep with their eyes either day or night.” The construction גַםכִּי (kigam) expresses a concessive sense: “even though” (e.g., Ps 23:4; Prov 22:6; Eccl 4:14; Isa 1:15; Lam 3:8; Hos 8:10; 9:16); cf. HALOT 196 s.v. גַּם 9; BDB 169 s.v. גַּם 6; 473 s.v. כִּי 2.c.



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