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16 I said to myself, "I have acquired great wisdom, surpassing all who were over Jerusalem before me; and my mind has had great experience of wisdom and knowledge."
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16 I thought to myself, "Look, I have grown and increased in wisdom more than anyone who has ruled over Jerusalem before me; I have experienced much of wisdom and knowledge."
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17 And I applied my mind to know wisdom and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also is but a striving after wind.
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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.
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18 For in much wisdom is much vexation, and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.
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18 For with much wisdom comes much sorrow; the more knowledge, the more grief.
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