18For in much wisdom is much vexation, and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.


In Context

15 That which is crooked cannot be made straight; and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.

16 I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I have become great and have acquired wisdom more than all they that have been before me over Jerusalem; and my heart hath seen much of wisdom and knowledge.

17 And I applied my heart to the knowledge of wisdom, and to the knowledge of madness and folly: I perceived that this also is a striving after the wind.

18 For in much wisdom is much vexation, and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.

Ecclesiastes 1:18 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:18For in much wisdom [is] much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:18For with much wisdom comes much sorrow; the more knowledge, the more grief.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:18Because In much wisdom there is much indignation: and he that addeth knowledge, addeth also labour.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:18For in much wisdom is much grief; and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:18For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:18For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:18For in much wisdom is much grief; and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:18for, in abundance of wisdom is abundance of sadness, and he who addeth knowledge addeth pain.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:18For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increases knowledge increases sorrow.