Ecclesiastes 1:17
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
So I set my mind to know wisdom and madness and folly; I learned that this, too, is a pursuit of the wind.
In context
15 What is crooked cannot be straightened, and what is lacking cannot be counted.
16 I said to myself, “Behold, I have grown and increased in wisdom beyond all those before me who were over Jerusalem, and my mind has observed a wealth of wisdom and knowledge.”
17 So I set my mind to know wisdom and madness and folly; I learned that this, too, is a pursuit of the wind.
18 For with much wisdom comes much sorrow, and as knowledge grows, grief increases.
Ecclesiastes 1:17 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- So I set my mind to know wisdom and madness and folly; I learned that this, too, is a pursuit of the wind.
- KJV King James Version
- And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.
- WEB World English Bible
- I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also was a chasing after wind.
- ASV American Standard Version
- And I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also was a striving after wind.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And I give my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I have known that even this [is] vexation of spirit;
- DBY Darby Translation
- And 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.
- WBS Webster Bible
- And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.