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Ecclesiastes 1:17

American Standard Version

And I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also was a striving after wind.

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Ecclesiastes 1:17 in other translations

I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also was a chasing after wind.

Ecclesiastes 1:17 · World English Bible

Ecclesiastes 1:17 in context

  1. 15That which is crooked cannot be made straight; and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.
  2. 16I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I have gotten me great wisdom above all that were before me in Jerusalem; yea, my heart hath had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.
  3. 17And I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also was a striving after wind.
  4. 18For in much wisdom is much grief; and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.