NASB
"And I set my mind to know wisdom and to know madness and folly; I realized that this also is striving after wind."
— Ecclesiastes 1:17, NASB
“And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.”
“And I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also was a striving after wind. ”
“I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also was a chasing after wind.”
“So I decided to discern the benefit of wisdom and knowledge over foolish behavior and ideas; however, I concluded that even this endeavor is like trying to chase the wind!”
“And I have given my heart to know prudence, and learning, and errors, and folly: and I have perceived that in these also there was labour, and vexation of spirit,”
“And I gave my heart to getting knowledge of wisdom, and of the ways of the foolish. And I saw that this again was desire for wind.”
“And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.”
I have seen all the works which have been done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity and striving after wind.
What is crooked cannot be straightened and what is lacking cannot be counted.
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."
And I set my mind to know wisdom and to know madness and folly; I realized that this also is striving after wind.
Because in much wisdom there is much grief, and increasing knowledge results in increasing pain.