Ecclesiastes 8:16

When I applied my mind to know wisdom and to observe man's labor on earth-his eyes not seeing sleep day or night-
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King James Version

When I applied mine heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth: (for also there is that neither day nor night seeth sleep with his eyes:)

English Standard Version

When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done on earth, how neither day nor night do one's eyes see sleep,

Catholic Public Domain Version

And I applied my heart, so that I might know wisdom, and so that I might understand a disturbance that turns upon the earth: it is a man, who takes no sleep with his eyes, day and night