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Ecclesiastes 1:13 Cross-References
Explore 17 cross-references for Ecclesiastes 1:13 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Ecclesiastes chapter 1 verse 13 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“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. to be: or, to afflict them”
Ecclesiastes 1:13 (KJV)
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Commentary on Ecclesiastes 1:13
Solomon describes his quest: '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.' The phrase 'gave my heart' (natati et-libi, נָתַתִּי אֶת־לִבִּי) indicates wholehearted intellectual pursuit. The verbs 'seek' (darosh, דָּרַשׁ) and 'search out' (tur, תּוּר) suggest comprehensive, systematic investigation. Yet this pursuit is 'sore travail' (inyan ra, עִנְיַן רָע)—burdensome, painful occupation. The phrase 'God given' indicates divine appointment: God designed humans...
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Cross-References for Ecclesiastes 1:13
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“I have seen the travail”
“for out of it you were taken. For you are dust”
“and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also was a chasing after wind.”
“that your progress may be revealed to all.”
“and to see the business that is done on the earth (for also there is that neither day nor night sees sleep with his eyes)”
“and my heart sought to know and to search out”
“my son”
“though it costs all your possessions”
“Again”
“The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; and the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.”