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


In Context

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.'

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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:18For in much wisdom is much vexation, 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 American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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