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Ecclesiastes 1:17
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17 Then I applied myself to the understanding of wisdom,(A) and also of madness and folly,(B) but I learned that this, too, is a chasing after the wind.

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Ecclesiastes 1:17
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17 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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Ecclesiastes 1:17
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17 So I set out to learn everything from wisdom to madness and folly. But I learned firsthand that pursuing all this is like chasing the wind.

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Ecclesiastes 1:17
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17 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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