Ecclesiastes 1:17
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And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.
- King James Bible "Authorized Version", Cambridge Edition
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Other Translations of Ecclesiastes 1:17
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
And I set my mind to know wisdom and to know madness and folly; I realized that this also is striving after wind.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also was a striving after wind.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And I gave my heart to getting knowledge of wisdom, and of the ways of the foolish. And I saw that this again was desire for wind.
- Basic English Bible
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.
- Darby Bible
And 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,
- Douay Rheims Bible
And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.
- Webster's Bible
I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also was a chasing after wind.
- World English Bible
And I give my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I have known that even this [is] vexation of spirit;
- Youngs Literal Bible
And I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly--I perceived that this also was a striving after wind.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
View Wesley's Notes for Ecclesiastes 1:17
1:17 To know - That I might throughly understand the nature and difference of truth and error, of virtue and vice.
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