Ecclesiastes 1:18
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
For with much wisdom comes much sorrow, and as knowledge grows, grief increases.
In context
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 1:18 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- For with much wisdom comes much sorrow, and as knowledge grows, grief increases.
- KJV King James Version
- For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.
- WEB World English Bible
- For in much wisdom is much grief; and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.
- ASV American Standard Version
- For in much wisdom is much grief; and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- for, in abundance of wisdom [is] abundance of sadness, and he who addeth knowledge addeth pain.'
- DBY Darby Translation
- For in much wisdom is much vexation, and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.
- WBS Webster Bible
- For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.