16 I communed with my heart, saying, “Look, I have attained greatness, and have gained (A)more wisdom than all who were before me in Jerusalem. My heart has [a]understood great wisdom and knowledge.” 17 (B)And I set my heart to know wisdom and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also is grasping for the wind.

18 For (C)in much wisdom is much grief,
And he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 1:16 Lit. seen

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