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Ecclesiastes 1:17 KJV
Ecclesiastes · chapter 1 · verse 17 · King James Version
And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.Ecclesiastes 1:17 · King James Version
Ecclesiastes 1:17 in context
15That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.
16I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all they that have been before me in Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.
17And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.
18For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.
Key words (Strong's)
- vexationraʻyôwndesireH7475 →
- madnesshôwlêlâhfollyH1947 →
- wisdomchokmâhwisdomH2451 →
- heartlêbthe heartH3820 →
- follyçiklûwthsillinessH5531 →
- gavenâthanto give, used with greatest latitude of applicationH5414 →
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