“When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done on the earth (even though eyes see no sleep day or night),”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Ecclesiastes 8 contains 17 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.