Ecclesiastes 1:17
“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 Version (KJV)
🌐 Ecclesiastes 1:17 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.
American Standard Version (ASV)English
And I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also was a striving after wind.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
und ich habe mein Herz darauf gerichtet, Weisheit zu erkennen, und Unsinn und Torheit zu erkennen: ich habe erkannt, daß auch das ein Haschen nach Wind ist.
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Y dí mi corazón á conocer la sabiduría, y también á entender las locuras y los desvaríos: conocí que aun esto era aflicción de espíritu.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
E dei meu coração para entender sabedoria, e para entender loucuras e tolices; e percebi que também isto era aflição.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Então, apliquei meu coração a conhecer a sabedoria e também a loucura e a tolice. Eu cheguei à compreensão de que isso também era uma tentativa de agarrar o vento.
📖 Ecclesiastes 1:17 in Context
15That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.
16I 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.
17And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.
18For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.
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