Ecclesiastes 1:13

and Y purposide in my soule to seke and enserche wiseli of alle thingis, that ben maad vndur the sunne. God yaf this werste ocupacioun to the sones of men, that thei schulden be ocupied therynne.

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In The 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.

In Context

12I Ecclesiastes was king of Israel in Jerusalem;

14I siy alle thingis that ben maad vndur the sunne, and lo! alle thingis ben vanyte and turment of spirit.

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Cross References

Genesis 3:19in swoot of thi cheer thou schalt ete thi breed, til thou turne ayen in to the erthe of which thou art takun; for thou art dust, and thou schalt turne ayen in to dust.

Proverbs 2:2that thin eere here wisdom, bowe thin herte to knowe prudence.

Proverbs 18:1He that wole go a wei fro a frend, sekith occasiouns; in al tyme he schal be dispisable.

Proverbs 23:26My sone, yyue thin herte to me, and thin iyen kepe my weyes.

Ecclesiastes 1:17And Y yaf myn herte, that Y schulde knowe prudence and doctryn, and errours and foli. And Y knew that in these thingis also was trauel and turment of spirit;

Ecclesiastes 2:26God yaf wisdom, and kunnyng, and gladnesse to a good man in his siyt; but he yaf turment, and superflu bisynesse to a synnere, that he encreesse, and gadere togidere, and yyue to hym that plesith God; but also this is vanyte, and veyn bisynesse of soule.

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