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)

 

 

Other Translations of Ecclesiastes 1:17

“And I gaue my heart to know wisedome, and to know madnesse and folly: I perceiued that this also is vexation of spirit.”
King James Version (1611) - View original scan of Ecclesiastes chapter 1
 

“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
 


 


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