And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.
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Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsAnd I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also was a striving after wind.
So I set my mind to know wisdom and madness and folly; I learned that this, too, is a pursuit of the wind.
And I give my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I have known that even this is vexation of spirit;
And I applied my heart to the knowledge of wisdom, and to the knowledge of madness and folly: I perceived that this also is a striving after the wind.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentEcclesiastes — Qohelet the Preacher — ''vanity of vanities, all is vanity.'' The book's relentless examination of life under the sun, resolving not in despair but in ''fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.''
- Author
- Traditional: Solomon (''son of David, king in Jerusalem''). Critical: a later Qohelet figure writing in Solomonic persona. §7.9 surfaces; Pastor Marc's drawer carries the position.
- Date
- Solomonic reading: c. 940 BC. Critical reading: Persian or early Hellenistic period (5th–3rd century BC).