Ecclesiastes 1:17-18

New American Standard Bible

¹⁷And I ^(A)applied my ^[a]mind to know wisdom and to ^(B)know insanity and foolishness; I realized that this also is ^(C)striving after wind. ¹⁸Because ^(D)in much wisdom there is much grief; and increasing knowledge results in increasing pain.

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Ecclesiastes 1:17 Lit heart

Ecclesiastes 1:17-18

New International Version

¹⁷Then I applied myself to the understanding of wisdom,^(A) and also of madness and folly,^(B) but I learned that this, too, is a chasing after the wind.

¹⁸For with much wisdom comes much sorrow;^(C)
the more knowledge, the more grief.^(D)

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