17And I have given my heart to know prudence, and learning, and errors, and folly: and I have perceived that in these also there was labour, and vexation of spirit,


In Context

14 I have seen all things that are done under the sun, and behold all is vanity, and vexation of spirit.

15 The perverse are hard to be corrected, and the number of fools is infinite.

16 I have spoken in my heart, saying: Behold I am become great, and have gone beyond all in wisdom, that were before me in Jerusalem: and my mind hath contemplated many things wisely, and I have learned.

17 And I have given my heart to know prudence, and learning, and errors, and folly: and I have perceived that in these also there was labour, and vexation of spirit,

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

Ecclesiastes 1:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:17And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:17Then I applied myself to the understanding of wisdom, and also of madness and folly, but I learned that this, too, is a chasing after the wind.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:17And I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also was a striving after wind.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:17And 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:17And I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also was a striving after wind.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:17And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:17I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also was a chasing after wind.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:17And I give my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I have known that even this is vexation of spirit;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:17And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.