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Christianity / Protestantism / Ecclesiastes 1:17

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And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.
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And I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also was a striving after wind.
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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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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.
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And I gaue mine heart to knowe wisdome and knowledge, madnes and foolishnes: I knew also that this is a vexation of the spirit.
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And I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also was a striving after wind.
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And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.
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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.
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So I set my mind to know wisdom and madness and folly; I learned that this, too, is a pursuit of the wind.
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And I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly--I perceived that this also was a striving after wind.
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And I gave my heart to know wisdom and knowledge and to know folly and [those who are] mad; I learned [in the end] that this also is vexation of spirit.
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And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.
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So ⌞I dedicated myself⌟1 to learn about wisdom and to learn about delusion and folly. However, I discovered2 that this also is chasing wind.
  1. Literally “So I gave my heart”
  2. Or “I knew”
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And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness, and folly. I know that this also, it is striving after wind.
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And I gave my heart to know wisdom and to know madness and folly; I know that this also is vexation of spirit.
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I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also was a chasing after wind.
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I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also was a chasing after wind.
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I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also was a chasing after wind.
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And I gave my mind to know wisdom, and to know senselessness and folly; I perceived that this also is striving after wind.
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And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.
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And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.
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yea I have given my heart, to know wisdom, and to know madness, and folly,—I know that, even this, is a feeding on wind.
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And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.
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And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.
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And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.

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And I have given my heart to know prudence, and learning, and errors, and folly: and I have perceived that in these also there was labour, and vexation of spirit,
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And I have dedicated my heart, so that I may know prudence and doctrine, and also error and foolishness. Yet I recognize that, in these things also, there is hardship, and affliction of the spirit.

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And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.

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