Ecclesiastes 1:13

American Standard Version (1901)

And I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under heaven: it is a sore travail that God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised therewith.

ASV Byzantine Text

And I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under heaven: it is a sore travail that God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised therewith.

Asang Khongca Bible

Ni tlim ah sak ih hmuennawk boih to palunghahaih hoiah ka pakrong moe, panoek thai hanah tha ka pathok; Sithaw mah to hmuenzit to kaminawk hanah pahoe pae boeh.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs

Vaan hmui kah a saii boeih te cueihnah neh dawtlet ham khaw, yaam ham khaw ka lungbuei ka paek. Hlang capa rhoek te amah phaep uh saeh tila Pathen loh yoethae bibi a khueh pah.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Vaan hmui kah a saii boeih te cueihnah neh dawtlet ham khaw, yaam ham khaw ka lungbuei ka paek. Hlang capa rhoek te amah phaep uh saeh tila Pathen loh yoethae bibi a khueh pah.

Hawaiian Bible 1868

Ua haawi au i ko'u naau e imi, a e huli me ka noeau i na mea a pau i hanaia malalo iho o ka lani. He mea kaumaba loa keia a ke Akua i haawi mai ai i na keiki a kanaka e hana'i.

English Berean Standard Bible

And I set my mind to seek and explore by wisdom all that is done under heaven. What a heavy burden God has laid upon the sons of men to occupy them!

Haitian Creole Bible 1985

Mwen te soti pou m' te fouye, pou m' te egzaminen tou sa k'ap fèt sou latè nan tout ti detay yo. Travay Bondye bay moun fè sou latè a pa manke rèd.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

et proposui in animo meo quærere et investigare sapienter de omnibus quæ fiunt sub sole. Hanc occupationem pessimam dedit Deus filiis hominum, ut occuparentur in ea.

Bible in Basic English

And I gave my heart to searching out in wisdom all things which are done under heaven: it is a hard thing which God has put on the sons of men to do.

French: Bible J.N. Darby

et j’ai appliqué mon cœur à rechercher et à explorer par la sagesse tout ce qui se fait sous les cieux : c’est une occupation ingrate que Dieu a donnée aux fils des hommes afin qu’ils s’y fatiguent.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

A přiložil jsem mysl svou k tomu, jak bych vyhledati a vystihnouti mohl rozumností svou všecko to, což se děje pod nebem. (Takové bídné zaměstknání dal Bůh synům lidským, aby se jím bědovali.)

Kosraean Bible

Nga nunkala ku sik mu nga ac tuni ac lutlut ke ma nukewa ma mwet uh oru fin faclu. God El ase orekma na toasr nu sesr mwet uh in oru.

World Portuguese Bible

Apliquei o meu coração a buscar e a investigar com sabedoria tudo o que se faz debaixo do céu. É um fardo pesado que Deus deu aos filhos dos homens para com ele se afligirem.

Romanian BTF Bible

Și mi-am pus inima să caut și să cercetez prin înțelepciune toate câte sunt făcute sub cer; această osteneală grea a dat-o Dumnezeu fiilor oamenilor ca să fie umiliți prin ea.

Brenton English Septuagint

And I applied my heart to seek out and examine by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven, for God has given to the sons of men an evil trouble to be troubled therewith.

Burmese Common Language Bible

မိုဃ်းကောင်းကင်အောက်၌ ပြုသမျှတို့ကို ဥာဏ်ပညာ အားဖြင့်၊ ရှာဖွေစစ်ဆေးခြင်းငှါ နှလုံးထား၏။ လူသား တို့ ကျင်လည်ရာဘို့ ထိုပင်ပန်းစေသောအမှုကို ဘုရား သခင်ပေးတော်မူပြီ။

Darby Translation

And I applied my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under the heavens: this grievous occupation hath God given to the children of men to weary themselves therewith.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible

Und ich richtete mein Herz darauf, alles mit Weisheit zu erforschen und zu erkunden, was unter dem Himmel geschieht: ein übles Geschäft, das Gott den Menschenkindern gegeben hat, sich damit abzuplagen.

Dutch Bible 1917

En ik begaf mijn hart om met wijsheid te onderzoeken, en na te speuren al wat er geschiedt onder den hemel. Deze moeilijke bezigheid heeft God den kinderen der mensen gegeven, om zich daarin te bekommeren.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Ik legde mij er op toe, met wijsheid te onderzoeken En na te vorsen alles wat er gebeurt onder de zon. Deze treurige bezigheid heeft God gegeven Aan de mensen, om zich er mee af te tobben.

Italian Diodati Bible

ed ho recato il mio cuore a ricercare, e ad investigare, con sapienza, tutto ciò che si fa sotto il cielo; il che è una occupazione molesta, la quale Iddio ha data a' figliuoli degli uomini, per occuparvisi.

Douay-Rheims 1899

And I proposed in my mind to seek and search out wisely concerning all things that are done under the sun. This painful occupation hath God given to the children of men, to be exercised therein.

Geneva Bible 1599

And I haue giuen mine heart to search and finde out wisdome by all things that are done vnder the heauen: (this sore trauaile hath GOD giuen to the sonnes of men, to humble them thereby)

Noyes Bible

And I gave my mind to seek and to search out with wisdom concerning all things which are done under heaven; an evil business, which God hath given to the sons of men, in which to employ themselves.

Danish Bible 1931

Jeg vendte min Hu til at ransage og med Visdom udgranske alt, hvad der sker under Himmelen; det er et ondt Slid, som Gud har givet Menneskens Børn at slide med.

Leeser Tanakh

And I directed my heart to inquire and to search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under the heavens: this is an evil employment which God hath given to the sons of man to busy themselves therewith.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

And I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven; it is a sore task that God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised therewith.

King James Version

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.

King James Version + Apocrypha

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.

Vietnamese Bible 1923

Ta chuyên lòng lấy sự khôn ngoan mà tra khảo mọi việc làm ra dưới trời; ấy là một việc lao khổ mà Đức Chúa Trời đã giao cho loài người để lo làm.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

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.

Revised West Version

Pea naʻaku fai ʻi hoku loto ke kumi pea hakule ke u poto ʻi he meʻa kotoa pē ʻoku fai ʻi he lalo langi: he kuo tuku ʻae feinga ni ʻe he ʻOtua ke fakamamahi ʻaki ʻae fānau ʻae tangata.

French Ostervald Bible

Et j'ai appliqué mon cœur à rechercher et à sonder avec sagesse tout ce qui se fait sous les cieux; c'est là une occupation pénible que Dieu a donnée aux hommes, afin qu'ils s'y exercent.

Esperanto Bible

Kaj mi decidis en mia koro esplori kaj ekzameni per la saĝo ĉion, kio fariĝas sub la ĉielo: ĉi tiun malfacilan okupon Dio donis al la homidoj, por ke ili turmentiĝu per ĝi.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible

J’ai appliqué mon cœur à rechercher et à sonder par la sagesse tout ce qui se fait sous les cieux: c’est là une occupation pénible, à laquelle Dieu soumet les fils de l’homme.

German Luther Bible 1912

und richtete mein Herz zu suchen und zu forschen weislich alles, was man unter dem Himmel tut. Solche unselige Mühe hat Gott den Menschenkindern gegeben, daß sie sich darin müssen quälen.

LXX2012 U. S. English

And I applied my heart to seek out and examine by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven, for God has given to the sons of men an evil trouble to be troubled therewith.

British English Septuagint 2012

And I applied my heart to seek out and examine by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven, for God has given to the sons of men an evil trouble to be troubled therewith.

Majority Standard BIble

And I set my mind to seek and explore by wisdom all that is done under heaven. What a miserable task God has laid upon the sons of men to occupy them!

Webster Bible

And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this grievous labor hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised with it.

Revised Version

And I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under heaven: it is a sore travail that God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised therewith.

Italian Riveduta Bible

ed ho applicato il cuore a cercare e ad investigare con sapienza tutto ciò che si fa sotto il cielo: occupazione penosa, che Dio ha data ai figliuoli degli uomini perché vi si affatichino.

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Je m'appliquai, avec sagesse, à rechercher et à examiner tout ce qui se fait sous le ciel. C'est une tâche pénible que Dieu a imposée aux humains.

Reina Valera 1909

Y dí mi corazón á inquirir y buscar con sabiduría sobre todo lo que se hace debajo del cielo: este penoso trabajo dió Dios á los hijos de los hombres, en que se ocupen.

Spanish BLL

Me dediqué de todo corazón a investigar y a explorar con sabiduría todo lo que se hace bajo el cielo. ¡Qué carga tan pesada ha puesto Dios sobre los seres humanos para que se agobien con ella!

Spanish Free Bible for the World

Y me propuse en mi corazón buscar y escudriñar con sabiduría todo lo que se hace debajo del cielo; este penoso afán ha dado Dios a los hijos de los hombres para que se ocupen en él.

Croatian Bible

I trudih se da mudrošću istražim i dokučim sve što biva pod nebom; o, kako mučnu zadaću zadade Bog sinovima ljudskim.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

I upravih srce svoje da tražim i razberem mudrošću sve što biva pod nebom; taj mučni posao dade Bog sinovima ljudskim da se muče oko njega.

German Textbibel

Ich richtete meinen Sinn darauf, alles, was unter dem Himmel geschieht, mit Weisheit zu erforschen und zu erspähen: eine leidige Mühe ist's, die Gott den Menschenkindern gegeben, sich damit abzumühen!

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

And I applied my heart to seek out And examine by wisdom concerning all things That are done under heaven, For God has given to the sons of men An evil trouble To be troubled therewith.

Hebrew OT (WLC)

וְנָתַ֣תִּי אֶת־לִבִּ֗י לִדְר֤וֹשׁ וְלָתוּר֙ בַּֽחָכְמָ֔ה עַ֛ל כָּל־אֲשֶׁ֥ר נַעֲשָׂ֖ה תַּ֣חַת הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם ה֣וּא ׀ עִנְיַ֣ן רָ֗ע נָתַ֧ן אֱלֹהִ֛ים לִבְנֵ֥י הָאָדָ֖ם לַעֲנ֥וֹת בּֽוֹ׃

World English Bible

I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under the sky. It is a heavy burden that God has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with.

World English Bible (Catholic)

I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under the sky. It is a heavy burden that God has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with.

World English Bible British Edition

I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under the sky. It is a heavy burden that God has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon

I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under the sky. It is a heavy burden that God has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with.

World English Bible Classic

I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under the sky. It is a heavy burden that God has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with.

World English Bible Updated

I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under the sky. It is a heavy burden that God has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with.

World Messianic Bible

I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under the sky. It is a heavy burden that God has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with.

World Messianic Bible British Edition

I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under the sky. It is a heavy burden that God has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with.

Young's Literal Translation

And I have given my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all that hath been done under the heavens. It [is] a sad travail God hath given to the sons of man to be humbled by it.

SEPTUAGINTA

καὶ ἔδωκα τὴν καρδίαν μου τοῦ ἐκζητῆσαι καὶ τοῦ κατασκέψασθαι ἐν τῇ σοφίᾳ περὶ πάντων τῶν γινομένων ὑπὸ τὸν οὐρανόν· ὅτι περισπασμὸν πονηρὸν ἔδωκεν ὁ Θεὸς τοῖς υἱοῖς τῶν ἀνθρώπων τοῦ περισπάσθαι ἐν αὐτῷ.

Brenton Septuagint

Καὶ ἔδωκα τὴν καρδίαν μου τοῦ ἐκζητῆσαι καὶ τοῦ κατασκέψασθαι ἐν τῇ σοφίᾳ περὶ πάντων τῶν γινομένων ὑπὸ τὸν οὐρανόν, ὅτι περισπασμὸν πονηρὸν ἔδωκεν ὁ Θεὸς τοῖς υἱοῖς τῶν ἀνθρώπων τοῦ περισπᾶσθαι ἐν αὐτῷ.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic)

Мь-ам пус инима сэ черчетез ши сэ адынческ ку ынцелепчуне тот че се ынтымплэ суб черурь: ятэ о ынделетничире плинэ де трудэ, ла каре супуне Думнезеу пе фиий оаменилор.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish

І віддався цїлим серцем тому, щоб слїдити та мудро вивідувати все, що дїється під сонцем. Тяжка се праця, що її дав Бог людям, щоб нею займались!

Ukrainian Freedom Bible

І віддався цїлим серцем тому, щоб слїдити та мудро вивідувати все, що дїється під сонцем. Тяжка се праця, що її дав Бог людям, щоб нею займались!

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic)

И управих срце своје да тражим и разберем мудрошћу све што бива под небом; тај мучни посао даде Бог синовима људским да се муче око њега.

Russian Synodal Bible

И предал я сердце мое тому, чтобы исследовать и испытать мудростью все, что делается под небом: это тяжелое занятие дал Бог сынам человеческим, чтобы они упражнялись в нем.

Hebrew Masoretic OT

וְנָתַ֣תִּי אֶת־לִבִּ֗י לִדְרֹ֤ושׁ וְלָתוּר֙ בַּֽחָכְמָ֔ה עַ֛ל כָּל־אֲשֶׁ֥ר נַעֲשָׂ֖ה תַּ֣חַת הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם ה֣וּא ׀ עִנְיַ֣ן רָ֗ע נָתַ֧ן אֱלֹהִ֛ים לִבְנֵ֥י הָאָדָ֖ם לַעֲנֹ֥ות בֹּֽו׃

Modern Hebrew Bible

ונתתי את לבי לדרוש ולתור בחכמה על כל אשר נעשה תחת השמים הוא ענין רע נתן אלהים לבני האדם לענות בו׃

Arabic Van Dyck Bible

وَوَجَّهْتُ قَلْبِي لِلسُّؤَالِ وَٱلتَّفْتِيشِ بِٱلْحِكْمَةِ عَنْ كُلِّ مَا عُمِلَ تَحْتَ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ. هُوَ عَنَاءٌ رَدِيءٌ جَعَلَهَا ٱللهُ لِبَنِي ٱلْبَشَرِ لِيَعْنُوا فِيهِ.

Old Persion Version Bible

و دل خود را بر آن نهادم که در هرچیزی که زیر آسمان کرده می‌شود، با حکمت تفحص و تجسس نمایم. این مشقت سخت است که خدا به بنی آدم داده است که به آن زحمت بکشند.

Judson Burmese Bible

မိုဃ်း ကောင်းကင်အောက် ၌ ပြု သမျှ တို့ကို ဉာဏ် ပညာ အားဖြင့် ၊ ရှာဖွေ စစ်ဆေးခြင်းငှါ နှလုံး ထား ၏။ လူ သား တို့ ကျင်လည် ရာဘို့ ထို ပင်ပန်း စေသောအမှု ကို ဘုရား သခင် ပေး တော်မူပြီ။

Korean Bible 1910

마음을 다하며 지혜를 써서 하늘 아래서 행하는 모든 일을 궁구하며 살핀즉 이는 괴로운 것이니 하나님이 인생들에게 주사 수고하게 하신 것이라

Japanese Freedom Bible

私は心を傾け、天の下で行われるすべてのことを、知恵によって探り、調べた。これは、神が人に与えて苦労させる重い務めである。

World Chinese Bible

我专心用智慧寻求、查究天下所做的一切事。这是上帝 给世人的沉重担子，使他们在其中受苦。

Chinese Union Version (simplified)

我专心用智慧寻求、查究天下所做的一切事， 乃知 神叫世人所经练的是极重的劳苦。

Chinese Union Version (traditional)

我專心用智慧尋求、查究天下所做的一切事， 乃知上帝叫世人所經練的是極重的勞苦。

Portuguese Bíblia Livre

E dei meu coração a investigar e pesquisar com sabedoria sobre tudo o que acontece abaixo do céu; esta cansativa ocupação Deus deu aos filhos dos homens, para que nela fossem forçados.

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Mashi Bible

Najîre aho nalongereza n’oburhimanya ebijirwa banola îdako ly’izûba byoshi. Wâni sho, bushanja bubî Nyamuzinda ahîre abantu.

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German Schlachter Bible 1951

Ich ergab mein Herz, die Weisheit zu befragen und mich bei ihr zu erkundigen über alles, was unter dem Himmel getan wird. Das ist eine leidige Mühe, die Gott den Menschenkindern gegeben hat, daß sie sich damit plagen sollen.

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La Biblia en Español Sencillo

Y di mi corazón a buscar con sabiduría todas las cosas que se hacen bajo el cielo. Es una cosa difícil que Dios ha puesto sobre los hijos de los hombres.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You)

Dediqué mi corazón a buscar e investigar con sabiduría todo lo que sucede bajo el cielo. Dura tarea que ʼElohim dio a los hijos de hombres para que sean afligidos con ella.

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The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible

And I set my lev to seek and search out by chochmah concerning all things that are done under Shomayim; what grievous task hath Elohim given to the bnei haAdam to be afflicted therewith.

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