Ecclesiastes 1:15-17

New Catholic Bible

¹⁵What is crooked cannot be made straight,
and what is lacking cannot be counted.

¹⁶I thought to myself, “I have acquired great wisdom, far surpassing all those who preceded me in Jerusalem. My mind has mastered every facet of wisdom and knowledge.” ¹⁷However, as I applied my mind to gain a complete understanding of wisdom and knowledge, madness and folly, I came to realize that this too is a chase after the wind.