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.

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 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.

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 God-given task with which the sons of men are to be occupied.

In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread Till you return to the ground, For out of it you were taken; For dust you are, And to dust you shall return.”

And I set my heart to know wisdom and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also is grasping for the wind.

When I applied my heart to know wisdom and to see the business that is done on earth, even though one sees no sleep day or night,then I saw all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun. For though a man labors to discover it, yet he will not find it; moreover, though a wise man attempts to know it, he will not be able to find it.

I applied my heart to know, To search and seek out wisdom and the reason of things, To know the wickedness of folly, Even of foolishness and madness.

Again, I saw that for all toil and every skillful work a man is envied by his neighbor. This also is vanity and grasping for the wind.

So that you incline your ear to wisdom, And apply your heart to understanding;Yes, if you cry out for discernment, And lift up your voice for understanding,If you seek her as silver, And search for her as for hidden treasures;

For God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy to a man who is good in His sight; but to the sinner He gives the work of gathering and collecting, that he may give to him who is good before God. This also is vanity and grasping for the wind.

The heart of the prudent acquires knowledge, And the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.

The works of the Lord are great, Studied by all who have pleasure in them.

My son, give me your heart, And let your eyes observe my ways.

For all his days are sorrowful, and his work burdensome; even in the night his heart takes no rest. This also is vanity.

Wisdom is the principal thing; Therefore get wisdom. And in all your getting, get understanding.

All this I have seen, and applied my heart to every work that is done under the sun: There is a time in which one man rules over another to his own hurt.

Meditate on these things; give yourself entirely to them, that your progress may be evident to all.

And further, my son, be admonished by these. Of making many books there is no end, and much study is wearisome to the flesh.

A man who isolates himself seeks his own desire; He rages against all wise judgment.