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Ecclesiastes 1:17

World English Bible

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

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Ecclesiastes 1:17 in other translations

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

Ecclesiastes 1:17 · American Standard Version

Ecclesiastes 1:17 in context

  1. 15That which is crooked can’t be made straight; and that which is lacking can’t be counted.
  2. 16I said to myself, “Behold, I have obtained for myself great wisdom above all who were before me in Jerusalem. Yes, my heart has had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.”
  3. 17I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also was a chasing after wind.
  4. 18For in much wisdom is much grief; and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.