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Ecclesiastes 1:15-17
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Ecclesiastes 1:15-17
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
15 What is crooked cannot be made straight,
and what is lacking cannot be counted.(A)
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.”(B) 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.(C)
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Ecclesiastes 1:15-17
New International Version
Ecclesiastes 1:15-17
New International Version
15 What is crooked cannot be straightened;(A)
what is lacking cannot be counted.
16 I said to myself, “Look, I have increased in wisdom more than anyone who has ruled over Jerusalem before me;(B) I have experienced much of wisdom and knowledge.” 17 Then I applied myself to the understanding of wisdom,(C) and also of madness and folly,(D) but I learned that this, too, is a chasing after the wind.
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