Ecclesiastes 1:16

Old Testament Wisdom/Poetry ASV (1901)

I communed with mine own hear, saying, Lo, I have gotten me great wisdom above all that were before me in Jerusalem; yea, my heart hath had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.

Ecclesiastes 1:16 — American Standard Version

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Context — Ecclesiastes 1

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13And I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under heaven: it is a sore travail that God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised therewith.

14I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind.

15That which is crooked cannot be made straight; and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.

16I communed with mine own hear, saying, Lo, I have gotten me great wisdom above all that were before me in Jerusalem; yea, my heart hath had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.

17And I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also was a striving after wind.

18For in much wisdom is much grief; and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.

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