Ecclesiastes 1:17

15 ^aWhat is crooked cannot be made straight,
And what is lacking cannot be numbered.

16 I communed with my heart, saying, “Look, I have attained greatness, and have gained ^amore wisdom than all who were before me in Jerusalem. My heart has¹ understood great wisdom and knowledge.”

17 ^aAnd 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 ^ain much wisdom is much grief,
And he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.

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Interlinear Bible for Ecclesiastes 1:17:

And I gave
nathan (#5414) my heart
leb (#3820) to know
yada` (#3045) wisdom,
chokmah (#2451) and to know
yada` (#3045) madness
howlelah (#1947) and folly:
cikluwth (#5531) I perceived
yada` (#3045) that this
zeh (#2088) also
shel (#7945) is vexation
ra`yown (#7475) of spirit.
ruwach (#7307)

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