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Source language
JPS Hebrew-English TANAKH   
ואחשבה לדעת זאת עמל היא (הוא) בעיני
Hebrew - Transliteration via code library   
vAKHSHbh ld`t zAt `ml hyA (hvA) b`yny

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
tua est dies et tua est nox tu ordinasti luminaria et solem

King James Variants
American King James Version   
When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;
King James 2000 (out of print)   
When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;
Authorized (King James) Version   
When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;
New King James Version   
When I thought how to understand this, It was too painful for me—
21st Century King James Version   
When I thought to understand this, it was too painful for me,

Other translations
American Standard Version   
When I thought how I might know this, It was too painful for me;
Aramaic Bible in Plain English   
It is evil in my eyes.
Darby Bible Translation   
When I thought to be able to know this, it was a grievous task in mine eyes;
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
I studied that I might know this thing, it is a labour in my sight:
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
When I thought how I might know this, it was too painful for me;
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
But when I thought how to understand this, it seemed to me a wearisome task,
God's Word   
But when I tried to understand this, it was too difficult for me.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
When I tried to understand all this, it seemed hopeless
International Standard Version   
When I tried to understand this, it was too difficult for me
NET Bible   
When I tried to make sense of this, it was troubling to me.
New American Standard Bible   
When I pondered to understand this, It was troublesome in my sight
New International Version   
When I tried to understand all this, it troubled me deeply
New Living Translation   
So I tried to understand why the wicked prosper. But what a difficult task it is!
Webster's Bible Translation   
When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;
The World English Bible   
When I tried to understand this, it was too painful for me;
EasyEnglish Bible   
When I thought about all this, it was so hard for me to understand.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
And I think to know this, Perverseness it [is] in mine eyes,
New Life Version   
It was too hard for me when I tried to understand this,
The Voice Bible   
Trying to solve this mystery on my own exhausted me; I couldn’t bear to look at it any further.
Living Bible   
Yet it is so hard to explain it—this prosperity of those who hate the Lord.
New Catholic Bible   
When I tried to understand all this, I found it too difficult for me,
Legacy Standard Bible   
When I gave thought to know this, It was trouble in my sight
Jubilee Bible 2000   
I shall meditate that I might understand this; it is very hard for me to see.
Christian Standard Bible   
When I tried to understand all this, it seemed hopeless
Amplified Bible © 1954   
But when I considered how to understand this, it was too great an effort for me and too painful
New Century Version   
I tried to understand all this, but it was too hard for me to see
The Message   
If I’d have given in and talked like this, I would have betrayed your dear children. Still, when I tried to figure it out, all I got was a splitting headache . . . Until I entered the sanctuary of God. Then I saw the whole picture: The slippery road you’ve put them on, with a final crash in a ditch of delusions. In the blink of an eye, disaster! A blind curve in the dark, and—nightmare! We wake up and rub our eyes. . . . Nothing. There’s nothing to them. And there never was.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
When I tried to understand this, it was very troubling to me,
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
But when I thought how to understand this, it seemed to me a wearisome task,
Good News Translation®   
I tried to think this problem through, but it was too difficult for me
Wycliffe Bible   
I guessed, that I should know this; (but too much) travail is before me. (I tried to work through all of this; but it was too much for me.)
Contemporary English Version   
It was hard for me to understand all this!
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
But when I thought how to understand this, it seemed to me a wearisome task,
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
But when I thought how to understand this, it seemed to me a wearisome task,
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
But when I thought how to understand this, it seemed to me a wearisome task,
Common English Bible © 2011   
But when I tried to understand these things, it just seemed like hard work
Amplified Bible © 2015   
When I considered how to understand this, It was too great an effort for me and too painful
English Standard Version Anglicised   
But when I thought how to understand this, it seemed to me a wearisome task,
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
Though I tried to understand all this, it was too difficult for me,
New American Standard Bible   
When I thought of understanding this, It was troublesome in my sight
The Expanded Bible   
I ·tried [thought how] to understand all this, but it was too ·hard [wearisome] ·for me to see [L in my eyes]
Tree of Life Version   
But when I tried to make sense of this, it was troubling in my eyes—
Revised Standard Version   
But when I thought how to understand this, it seemed to me a wearisome task,
New International Reader's Version   
I tried to understand it all. But it was more than I could handle.
BRG Bible   
When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;
Complete Jewish Bible   
When I tried to understand all this, I found it too hard for me —
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
But when I thought how to understand this, it seemed to me a wearisome task,
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
When I thought to comprehend this, it was amal (difficulty) in my eyes;
Names of God Bible   
But when I tried to understand this, it was too difficult for me.
Modern English Version   
When I thought to understand this, it was troublesome in my eyes,
Easy-to-Read Version   
I tried hard to understand all this, but it was too hard for me.
International Children’s Bible   
I tried to understand all this. But it was too hard for me to see
Lexham English Bible   
When I thought about how to understand this, it was troubling in my eyes
New International Version - UK   
When I tried to understand all this, it troubled me deeply