Interlinear Bible - Ecclesiastes 1:12-18

12 I, the Preacher, have been king over Israel in Jerusalem.

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13 And I set my mind to seek and explore by wisdom concerning all that has been done under heaven. It is a grievous task which God has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with.

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14 I have seen all the works which have been done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity and striving after wind.

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15 What is crooked cannot * be straightened and what is lacking cannot * be counted.

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16 I said to myself, "Behold, I have magnified and increased wisdom more than all who were over Jerusalem before me; and my mind has observed a wealth of wisdom and knowledge."

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17 And I set my mind to know wisdom and to know madness and folly; I realized that this also is striving after wind.

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18 Because in much wisdom there is much grief, and increasing knowledge results in increasing pain.

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