Ecclesiastes 1:17

King James Version (KJV)

And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.

Translations

Ecclesiastes 1:17 - Amplified Bible

And I gave my mind to know [practical] wisdom and to discern [the character of] madness and folly [in which men seem to find satisfaction]; I perceived that this also is a searching after wind {and} a feeding on it.

Ecclesiastes 1:17 - American Standard Version

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 - Bible in Basic English

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.

Ecclesiastes 1:17 - Darby 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.

Ecclesiastes 1:17 - English Standard Version

And I applied my heart to know wisdom and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also is but a striving after wind.

Ecclesiastes 1:17 - King James Version

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 - La Biblia de las Americas

Y apliqué mi corazòn a conocer la sabidurìa y a conocer la locura y la insensatez; me di cuenta de que esto también es correr tras el viento.

Ecclesiastes 1:17 - The Message

Ecclesiastes 1:17 - New American Standard Bible

And I set my mind to know wisdom and to know madness and folly; I realized that this also is striving after wind.

Ecclesiastes 1:17 - Nueva Biblia Latinoamericana de Hoy

Y apliqué mi corazòn a conocer la sabidurìa y a conocer la locura y la insensatez. Me di cuenta de que esto también es correr tras el viento.

Ecclesiastes 1:17 - World English Bible

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 - Young's Living Translation

And I give my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I have known that even this [is] vexation of spirit;

Ecclesiastes 1:17 - Additional Comments

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