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Douay-Rheims
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And I understood that man can find no reason of all those works of God that are done under the sun: and the more he shall labour to seek, so much the less shall he find: yea, though the wise man shall say, that he knoweth it, he shall not be able to find it.
King James
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Then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because though a man labour to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea farther; though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.
Louis Second
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j'ai vu toute l'oeuvre de Dieu, j'ai vu que l'homme ne peut pas trouver ce qui se fait sous le soleil; il a beau se fatiguer à chercher, il ne trouve pas; et même si le sage veut connaître, il ne peut pas trouver
Martin Luther
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Und ich sah alle Werke GOttes. Denn ein Mensch kann das Werk nicht finden, das unter der Sonne geschieht; und je mehr der Mensch arbeitet zu suchen, je weniger er findet. Wenn er gleich spricht: Ich bin weise und weiß es, so kann er's doch nicht finden.
Vulgate
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et intellexi quod omnium operum Dei nullam possit homo invenire rationem eorum quae fiunt sub sole et quanto plus laboraverit ad quaerendum tanto minus inveniat etiam si dixerit sapiens se nosse non poterit repperire

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary


quod : (neut. sing. acc.) (the sea), WHICH you cannot drink dry.
quod : (+ comparative) the x the better (quod celior = the faster the.
quod : (beginning sentence) and, but, now.
quod : (neut. sing. nom.) (the war), WHICH killed so many.
quod : (with time) since, as far as, to the extent that.
quod : because, whereas, the point that, the fact that.
quae : (neut. plur. nom.) WHAT cannot be avoided must be endured.
quae : (neut. pl. acc.) those things WHICH we must have.
quae : (fem. pl. nom.) Let THOSE (women) WHO have ears to hear .
sub : (+ acc. or dat.) under, up under, close to, beneath, below.
quanto : by how much (+ comp. adj. or adv.).
plus : more.
etiam : as yet, still / even, also, besides.
etiam : (asking a question) : actually? really? in truth?.
etiam : (answering a question) yes, certainly.
etiam : (+ comparative) still [etiam maior = still greater.
etiam : and furthermore.
si : if.
sapiens : wise, judicious.
sapiens : (subs.) a wise man, philosopher.
non : not.