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Ecclesiastes Chapter 1 verse 17 Holy Bible

ASV Ecclesiastes 1:17

And I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also was a striving after wind.
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BBE Ecclesiastes 1:17

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.
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DARBY Ecclesiastes 1:17

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.
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KJV Ecclesiastes 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.
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WBT Ecclesiastes 1:17

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WEB Ecclesiastes 1:17

I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also was a chasing after wind.
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YLT Ecclesiastes 1:17

And I give my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I have known that even this `is' vexation of spirit;
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