Ecclesiastes 1:18 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.”
Ecclesiastes 1:18 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Ecclesiastes 1:18 in 6 Bible Translations
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Ecclesiastes 1:18 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“For in much wisdom is much grief; and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.”
Ecclesiastes 1:18 — World English Bible
Ecclesiastes 1:18 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“For in much wisdom is much grief; and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.”
Ecclesiastes 1:18 — American Standard Version
Ecclesiastes 1:18 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“for, in abundance of wisdom <FI>is<Fi> abundance of sadness, and he who addeth knowledge addeth pain.'”
Ecclesiastes 1:18 — Young's Literal Translation
Ecclesiastes 1:18 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“For in much wisdom is much vexation, and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. ”
Ecclesiastes 1:18 — Darby Translation
Ecclesiastes 1:18 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“For in the multitude of wisedome is much griefe: and he that increaseth knowledge, increaseth sorowe. ”
Ecclesiastes 1:18 — Geneva Bible
Ecclesiastes 1:18 in Context — Ecclesiastes 1
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 1:18 Mean?
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