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


In Context

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

15 That which is crooked can't be made straight; and that which is lacking can't be counted.

16 I 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.|

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

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