Ecclesiastes 1:17 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.”
Ecclesiastes 1:17 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Ecclesiastes 1:17 in 6 Bible Translations
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Ecclesiastes 1:17 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also was a chasing after wind.”
Ecclesiastes 1:17 — World English Bible
Ecclesiastes 1:17 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also was a striving after wind. ”
Ecclesiastes 1:17 — American Standard Version
Ecclesiastes 1:17 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And I give my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I have known that even this <FI>is<Fi> vexation of spirit;”
Ecclesiastes 1:17 — Young's Literal Translation
Ecclesiastes 1:17 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“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. ”
Ecclesiastes 1:17 — Darby Translation
Ecclesiastes 1:17 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And I gaue mine heart to knowe wisdome and knowledge, madnes and foolishnes: I knew also that this is a vexation of the spirit.”
Ecclesiastes 1:17 — Geneva Bible
Ecclesiastes 1:17 in Context — Ecclesiastes 1
15 That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.
16 I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all they that have been before me in Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.
17 And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.
18 For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.
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What Does Ecclesiastes 1:17 Mean?
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