Ecclesiastes 1:17 | |
NASB: And I set my mind to know wisdom and to know madness and folly; I realized that this also is striving after wind. (NASB ©1995) GWT: I've used my mind to understand wisdom and knowledge as well as madness and stupidity. [Now] I know that this is [like] trying to catch the wind. (GOD'S WORD®) KJV: And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit. ASV: And I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also was a striving after wind. BBE: And I gave my heart to getting knowledge of wisdom, and of the ways of the foolish. And I saw that this again was desire for wind. DBY: And I applied my heart to the knowledge of wisdom, and to the knowledge of madness and folly: I perceived that this also is a striving after the wind. JPS: And I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly--I perceived that this also was a striving after wind. WBS: And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit. WEB: I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also was a chasing after wind. YLT: And I give my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I have known that even this [is] vexation of spirit; | |
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