Eccl.1.17

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Eccl.1.17

And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.

Eccl.1.17

What I've finally concluded is that so-called wisdom and knowledge are mindless and witless--nothing but spitting into the wind.

Eccl.1.17

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.

Eccl.1.17

And I set my heart to know wisdom and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also is grasping for the wind.

Eccl.1.17

So I worked hard to distinguish wisdom from foolishness. But now I realize that even this was like chasing the wind.