Parallel Bible results for "Ecclesiastes 1:12-18"

Ecclesiastes 1:12-18

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12 I, the Teacher, have been king over Israel in Jerusalem.
12 I, the Teacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
13 I applied my mind to seek and explore through wisdom all that is done under heaven. God has given people this miserable task to keep them occupied.
13 I applied my mind to study and to explore by wisdom all that is done under the heavens. What a heavy burden God has laid on mankind!
14 I have seen all the things that are done under the sun and have found everything to be futile, a pursuit of the wind.
14 I have seen all the things that are done under the sun; all of them are meaningless, a chasing after the wind.
15 What is crooked cannot be straightened; what is lacking cannot be counted.
15 What is crooked cannot be straightened; what is lacking cannot be counted.
16 I said to myself, "Look, I have amassed wisdom far beyond all those who were over Jerusalem before me, and my mind has thoroughly grasped wisdom and knowledge."
16 I said to myself, “Look, I have increased in wisdom more than anyone who has ruled over Jerusalem before me; I have experienced much of wisdom and knowledge.”
17 I applied my mind to know wisdom and knowledge, madness and folly; I learned that this too is a pursuit of the wind.
17 Then I applied myself to the understanding of wisdom, and also of madness and folly, but I learned that this, too, is a chasing after the wind.
18 For with much wisdom is much sorrow; as knowledge increases, grief increases.
18 For with much wisdom comes much sorrow; the more knowledge, the more grief.
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