And I set my mind to seek and explore by wisdom about everything that has been done under heaven. It is a sorry task with which God has given the sons of mankind to be troubled.

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。

我用智慧专心探寻、考察天下所发生的一切事：上帝给世人何等沉重的担子，使他们在其中劳苦！

我用智慧专心探寻、考察天下所发生的一切事：神给世人何等沉重的担子，使他们在其中劳苦！

我专心用智慧去研究、探索天下各样的事，发现上帝给世人的是极重的苦工。

我曾用智慧专心寻求查究天下所发生的一切事；原来神给予世人的，是劳苦的担子，叫他们为此烦恼。

我用心求问，以智慧探察在天下所做的一切，这些都是神加给世人极重的担子，让他们在其中操劳。

我專心用智慧尋求、查究天下所做的一切事，乃知神叫世人所經練的是極重的勞苦。

我用智慧專心探尋、考察天下所發生的一切事：上帝給世人何等沉重的擔子，使他們在其中勞苦！

我用智慧專心探尋、考察天下所發生的一切事：神給世人何等沉重的擔子，使他們在其中勞苦！

我專心用智慧去研究、探索天下各樣的事，發現上帝給世人的是極重的苦工。

我曾用智慧專心尋求查究天下所發生的一切事；原來神給予世人的，是勞苦的擔子，叫他們為此煩惱。

我專心一志用智慧去尋求窺探天下所發生過的一切事，就知道上帝給世人所勞碌的是多麼喫力的勞苦。

我用心求問，以智慧探察在天下所做的一切，這些都是神加給世人極重的擔子，讓他們在其中操勞。

專心用智考察天下所為之事、則知此為苦任、乃上帝畀於世人、以之為務、

專心致志、窮察天下事、知上帝以斯任畀人、使竭其心思。

我專心致志、以智慧考察窮究日下所作之事、乃知此為苦任、天主所畀於人、欲人因以自勞、

I applied my mind to study and to explore by wisdom all that is done under the heavens. What a heavy burden God has laid on mankind!

I decided to study things carefully. I used my wisdom to check everything out. I looked into everything that is done on earth. What a heavy load God has put on human beings!

And I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom all that is done under heaven. It is an unhappy business that God has given to the children of man to be busy with.

I devoted myself to search for understanding and to explore by wisdom everything being done under heaven. I soon discovered that God has dealt a tragic existence to the human race.

I applied my mind to examine and explore through wisdom all that is done under heaven. God has given people this miserable task to keep them occupied.

And I set my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under heaven; this burdensome task God has given to the sons of man, by which they may be exercised.

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.

I applied my mind to seek and explore through wisdom all that is done under heaven. God has given people this miserable task to keep them occupied.

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.

I decided to carefully and thoroughly examine all that has been accomplished on earth. I concluded: God has given people a burdensome task that keeps them occupied.

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.

I have seen the task which God has given the sons of mankind with which to occupy themselves.

By the sweat of your face You shall eat bread, Until you return to the ground, Because from it you were taken; For you are dust, And to dust you shall return.”

And I applied my mind to know wisdom and to know insanity and foolishness; I realized that this also is striving after wind.

When I devoted my mind to know wisdom and to see the business which has been done on the earth( even though one should never sleep day or night),and I saw every work of God, I concluded that one cannot discover the work which has been done under the sun. Even though a person laboriously seeks, he will not discover; and even if the wise person claims to know, he cannot discover.

I directed my mind to know and to investigate, and to seek wisdom and an explanation, and to know the evil of foolishness and the foolishness of insanity.

I have seen that every labor and every skill which is done is the result of rivalry between a person and his neighbor. This too is futility and striving after wind.

Make your ear attentive to wisdom; Incline your heart to understanding.For if you cry out for insight, And raise your voice for understanding;If you seek her as silver And search for her as for hidden treasures;

For to a person who is good in His sight, He has given wisdom and knowledge and joy, while to the sinner He has given the task of gathering and collecting so that he may give to one who is good in God’s sight. This too is futility and striving after wind.

The mind of the discerning acquires knowledge, And the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.

Great are the works of the Lord; They are studied by all who delight in them.

Give me your heart, my son, And let your eyes delight in my ways.

Because all his days his activity is painful and irritating; even at night his mind does not rest. This too is futility.

The beginning of wisdom is: Acquire wisdom; And with all your possessions, acquire understanding.

All this I have seen, and have applied my mind to every deed that has been done under the sun at a time when one person has exercised authority over another person to his detriment.

Take pains with these things; be absorbed in them, so that your progress will be evident to all.

But beyond this, my son, be warned: the writing of many books is endless, and excessive study is wearying to the body.

One who separates himself seeks his own desire; He quarrels against all sound wisdom.