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Ecclesiastes 1:16-18
Lexham English Bible

16 I said to myself,[a] “Look! I have become great and have increased in wisdom more than anyone who has preceded[b] me over Jerusalem. I have acquired a great deal of wisdom and knowledge.”[c] 17 So I dedicated myself[d] to learn about wisdom and to learn about delusion and folly. However, I discovered[e] that this also is chasing wind.

18 For in much wisdom is much frustration,[f]
    and whoever increases knowledge increases sorrow.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 1:16 Literally “I myself said to my heart”
  2. Ecclesiastes 1:16 Literally “before me”
  3. Ecclesiastes 1:16 Literally “And my mind has seen much wisdom and knowledge”
  4. Ecclesiastes 1:17 Literally “So I gave my heart”
  5. Ecclesiastes 1:17 Or “I knew”
  6. Ecclesiastes 1:18 Or “vexation”
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