Ecclesiastes 1:17
And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.
KJV
Dedique cor meum ut scirem prudentiam atque doctrinam, erroresque et stultitiam ; et agnovi quod in his quoque esset labor et afflictio spiritus :
Vulgate
καὶ καρδία μου εἶδεν πολλά, σοφίαν καὶ γνῶσιν, καὶ ἔδωκα καρδίαν μου τοῦ γνῶναι σοφίαν καὶ γνῶσιν, παραβολὰς καὶ ἐπιστήμην ἔγνων ἐγώ. ὅτι καί γε τοῦτ’ ἔστιν προαίρεσις πνεύματος,
LXX
And I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also was a striving after wind.
ASV
וָ/אֶתְּנָ֤/ה לִבִּ/י֙ לָ/דַ֣עַת חָכְמָ֔ה וְ/דַ֥עַת הוֹלֵל֖וֹת וְ/שִׂכְל֑וּת יָדַ֕עְתִּי שֶׁ/גַּם זֶ֥ה ה֖וּא רַעְי֥וֹן רֽוּחַ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Thess 5:21 — Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.
- Eccl 1:13 — And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.
- Eccl 1:14 — I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
- Eccl 2:3 — I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under t
- Eccl 2:3 — I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under t
- Eccl 2:12 — And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what can the man do that cometh after the king? even that which hath been already done.
- Eccl 5:10 — He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.
- Eccl 9:3 — This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, a