Ecclesiastes 8:16

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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:)

There is that

Psalm 127:2

General references

Ecclesiastes 9:13

Bible References

There is that

Because all his days his task is painful and grievous; even at night his mind does not rest. This too is vanity.

There was a certain man without a dependent, having neither a son nor a brother, yet there was no end to all his labor. Indeed, his eyes were not satisfied with riches and he never asked, “And for whom am I laboring and depriving myself of pleasure?” This too is vanity and it is a grievous task.

The sleep of the working man is pleasant, whether he eats little or much; but the full stomach of the rich man does not allow him to sleep.

Thus I was: by day the heat consumed me and the frost by night, and my sleep fled from my eyes.

It is vain for you to rise up early,
To retire late,
To eat the bread of painful labors;
For He gives to His beloved even in his sleep.

General references

Also this I came to see as wisdom under the sun, and it impressed me.