17And I give my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I have known that even this is vexation of spirit;
17And I give my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I have known that even this is vexation of spirit;
14 I have seen all the works that have been done under the sun, and lo, the whole is vanity and vexation of spirit!
15 A crooked thing one is not able to make straight, and a lacking thing is not able to be numbered.
16 I — I spake with my heart, saying, 'I, lo, I have magnified and added wisdom above every one who hath been before me at Jerusalem, and my heart hath seen abundantly wisdom and knowledge.
17 And I give my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I have known that even this is vexation of spirit;
18 for, in abundance of wisdom is abundance of sadness, and he who addeth knowledge addeth pain.'
1:17And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.
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.
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,
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.
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.
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.
1:17And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.
1:17I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also was a chasing after wind.
1:17And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.