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16 I said to myself, “I have acquired great wisdom, surpassing all who were over Jerusalem before me; and my mind has had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.” 17 And I applied my mind to know wisdom and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also is but a chasing after wind.[a]

18 For in much wisdom is much vexation,
and those who increase knowledge increase sorrow.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 1:17 Or a feeding on wind. See Hos 12.1

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