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


In Context

14 I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind.

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 gotten me great wisdom above all that were before me in Jerusalem: yea, my heart hath had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.

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

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

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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:17And 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,

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 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.