Ecclesiastes 1:17
World English Bible (WEB)
I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also was a chasing after wind.
In context
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 every translation
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.