Ecclesiastes 1:17

American Standard Version (1901) ☆

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

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

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

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

So I set my mind to know wisdom and madness and folly; I learned that this, too, is a pursuit of the wind.

Bible in Basic English ☆

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.

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

And my heart knew much—wisdom, and knowledge, parables and understanding: I perceived that this also is waywardness of spirit.

Darby Translation ☆

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.

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

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,

Geneva Bible 1599 ☆

And I gaue mine heart to knowe wisdome and knowledge, madnes and foolishnes: I knew also that this is a vexation of the spirit.

Noyes Bible ☆

And I gave my mind to know wisdom, and to know senselessness and folly; I perceived that this also is striving after wind.

Leeser Tanakh ☆

And I directed my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly; [but] I have perceived that this also is a torture of the spirit.

JPS TaNaKH 1917 ☆

And I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly — I perceived that this also was a striving after wind.

King James Version ☆

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

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

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

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

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

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

And my heart knew much—wisdom, and knowledge, parables and understanding: I perceived that this also is waywardness of spirit.

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

And my heart knew much—wisdom, and knowledge, parables and understanding: I perceived that this also is waywardness of spirit.

Majority Standard BIble ☆

So I set my mind to know wisdom and madness and folly; I learned that this, too, is a pursuit of the wind.

Webster Bible ☆

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

Revised Version ☆

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

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

And my heart knew much—wisdom, and knowledge, Parables and understanding: I perceived that this also is waywardness of spirit.

World English Bible ☆

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

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

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

World English Bible British Edition ☆

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

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

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

World English Bible Classic ☆

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

World English Bible Updated ☆

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

World Messianic Bible ☆

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

World Messianic Bible British Edition ☆

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

Young's Literal Translation ☆

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

The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible ☆

And I applied my lev to have da'as of chochmah, and to have da'as of holelot (madness) and sichlut (folly); I perceived that this also is striving after ruach (wind).

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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

وَوَجَّهْتُ قَلْبِي لِمَعْرِفَةِ ٱلْحِكْمَةِ وَلِمَعْرِفَةِ ٱلْحَمَاقَةِ وَٱلْجَهْلِ، فَعَرَفْتُ أَنَّ هَذَا أَيْضًا قَبْضُ ٱلرِّيحِ.

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

ပညာတရားကို၎င်း၊ လျှပ်ပေါ်ခြင်းနှင့် မိုက်မဲ ခြင်းတို့ကို၎င်း ပိုင်းခြား၍ သိအံ့သောငှါ ငါသည်နှလုံး ထား၏။ ထိုအမှုသည်လည်း၊ လေကို ကျက်စားသောအမှု ဖြစ်သည်ကို ရိပ်မိ၏။

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

ပညာ တရားကို၎င်း ၊ လျှပ်ပေါ် ခြင်းနှင့် မိုက်မဲ ခြင်းတို့ကို၎င်းပိုင်းခြား ၍ သိ အံ့သောငှါ ငါ သည်နှလုံး ထား ၏။ ထို အမှုသည်လည်း ၊ လေ ကို ကျက်စားသောအမှု ဖြစ်သည်ကို ရိပ်မိ ၏။

Asang Khongca Bible ☆

Palunghahaih bang, amthuhaih bang hoi poek cai ai ah ohhaih bangah doeh, ka panoek thai hanah palungthin to ka paek; hae hmuen doeh takhi hnuk patom baktiah ni oh toengtoeng.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

Ka lungbuei he cueihnah ming ham neh anglatnah ming ham ka paek. Te dongah lunghmangnah he khaw khohli dongkah kohnek ni tila ka ming.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

Ka lungbuei he cueihnah ming ham neh anglatnah ming ham ka paek. Te dongah lunghmangnah he khaw khohli dongkah kohnek ni tila ka ming.

Chinese Union Version (simplified) ☆

我又专心察明智慧、狂妄，和愚昧，乃知这也是捕风。

Chinese Union Version (traditional) ☆

我又專心察明智慧、狂妄，和愚昧，乃知這也是捕風。

World Chinese Bible ☆

我专心要认识智慧，也要认识疯狂和愚昧。我察觉这也是捕风。

Croatian Bible ☆

Mudrost pomnjivo proučih, a tako i glupost i ludost, ali sam spoznao da je to pusta tlapnja.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

I přiložil jsem mysl svou, abych poznal moudrost a umění, nemoudrost i bláznovství, ale shledal jsem, že i to jest trápení ducha.

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

Jeg vendte min Hu til at fatte, hvad der er Visdom og Kundskab, og hvad der er Dårskab og Tåbelighed; jeg skønnede, at også det er Jag efter Vind.

Dutch Bible 1917 ☆

En ik begaf mijn hart om wijsheid en wetenschap te weten, onzinnigheden en dwaasheid; ik ben gewaar geworden, dat ook dit een kwelling des geestes is.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

Ik heb getracht, wijsheid en kennis Te onderscheiden van dwaasheid en onverstand; Maar ik heb begrepen, Dat ook dit slechts jagen naar wind is.

Esperanto Bible ☆

Sed kiam mi dediĉis mian koron, por ekkoni la saĝecon kaj ekkoni la malsaĝecon kaj sensencecon, mi eksciis, ke ankaŭ ĉi tio estas ventaĵo.

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

et j’ai appliqué mon cœur à la connaissance de la sagesse et à la connaissance des choses déraisonnables et de la folie. J’ai connu que cela aussi, c’est la poursuite du vent.

French Ostervald Bible ☆

Et j'ai appliqué mon cœur à connaître la sagesse, et à connaître la sottise et la folie; mais j'ai connu que cela aussi était un tourment d'esprit.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

J’ai appliqué mon cœur à connaître la sagesse, et à connaître la sottise et la folie; j’ai compris que cela aussi c’est la poursuite du vent.

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

Je m'appliquai à connaître la sagesse, mais aussi la démence et la folie. Je compris que cela aussi était une poursuite du vent.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

und ich habe mein Herz darauf gerichtet, Weisheit zu erkennen, und Unsinn und Torheit zu erkennen: ich habe erkannt, daß auch das ein Haschen nach Wind ist.

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

Und richtete auch mein Herz darauf, daß ich erkennte Weisheit und erkennte Tollheit und Torheit. Ich ward aber gewahr, daß solches auch Mühe um Wind ist.

German Textbibel ☆

Und da ich meinen Sinn darauf richtete, Weisheit zu erkennen und Tollheit und Thorheit zu erkennen, da erkannte ich, daß auch das ein Streben nach Wind ist.

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

und ich habe mein Herz ergeben, die Weisheit kennen zu lernen, desgleichen Übermut und Unverstand; aber ich habe auch das als ein Haschen nach Wind erkannt;

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SEPTUAGINTA ☆

καὶ καρδία μου εἶδε πολλά, σοφίαν καὶ γνῶσιν, παραβολὰς καὶ ἐπιστήμην ἔγνων ἐγώ, ὅτι καί γε τοῦτό ἐστι προαίρεσις πνεύματος·

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Καὶ καρδία μου εἶδε πολλὰ, σοφίαν καὶ γνῶσιν, παραβολὰς καὶ ἐπιστήμην· ἔγνων ἐγώ ὅτι καί γε τοῦτό ἐστι προαίρεσις πνεύματος·

Haitian Creole Bible 1985 ☆

Mwen te soti pou m' te konnen diferans ki genyen ant moun ki gen konprann ak moun egare, ant moun ki gen konesans ak moun sòt. Men, la ankò, mwen wè anyen pa rapòte anyen.

Hawaiian Bible 1868 ☆

A haawi au i ko'u naau e ike i ka naauao, a e ike no hoi i ka uhauha, a me ka lapuwale; a ike iho la au, he mea luhi hewa ia.

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

וָאֶתְּנָ֤ה לִבִּי֙ לָדַ֣עַת חָכְמָ֔ה וְדַ֥עַת הֹולֵלֹ֖ות וְשִׂכְל֑וּת יָדַ֕עְתִּי שֶׁגַּם־זֶ֥ה ה֖וּא רַעְיֹ֥ון רֽוּחַ׃

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

ואתנה לבי לדעת חכמה ודעת הוללות ושכלות ידעתי שגם זה הוא רעיון רוח׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

ed ho recato il mio cuore a conoscere la sapienza ; ed anche a conoscere le pazzie e la stoltizia; ed ho riconosciuto che questo ancora è un tormento di spirito.

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

Ed ho applicato il cuore a conoscer la sapienza, e a conoscere la follia e la stoltezza, ed ho riconosciuto che anche questo è un correr dietro al vento.

Japanese Freedom Bible ☆

私は心を傾け、知恵を究め、狂気と愚かさをも知ろうとした。しかし、これも風を追うようなものだと悟った。

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

내가 다시 지혜를 알고자 하며 미친 것과 미련한 것을 알고자 하여 마음을 썼으나 이것도 바람을 잡으려는 것인 줄을 깨달았도다

Kosraean Bible ☆

Nga tuh sulela ku sik in etu ke kalmen etauk ac kalmen lalfon, oayapa ke lalmwetmet ac wel. Tusruktu nga konauk lah ma inge oana ukweyen eng uh.

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

Dedique cor meum ut scirem prudentiam atque doctrinam, erroresque et stultitiam; et agnovi quod in his quoque esset labor et afflictio spiritus:

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

و دل خود را بر دانستن حکمت و دانستن حماقت و جهالت مشغول ساختم. پس فهمیدم که این نیز در‌پی باد زحمت کشیدن است.

World Portuguese Bible ☆

Apliquei o meu coração a conhecer a sabedoria, e a conhecer a loucura e a insensatez. Percebi que isso também era um correr atrás do vento.

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

E dei meu coração para entender sabedoria, e para entender loucuras e tolices; e percebi que também isto era aflição.

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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

Și mi-am pus inima să cunosc înțelepciunea și să cunosc nebunia și prostia; am priceput că aceasta de asemenea este chinuire a duhului.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Мь-ам пус инима сэ куноск ынцелепчуня ши сэ куноск простия ши небуния. Дар ам ынцелес кэ ши ачаста есте гоанэ дупэ вынт.

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

И предал я сердце мое тому, чтобы познать мудрость и познать безумие и глупость: узнал, что и это - томление духа;

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

I upravih srce svoje da poznam mudrost i da poznam bezumlje i ludost; pa doznah da je i to muka duhu.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

И управих срце своје да познам мудрост и да познам безумље и лудост; па дознах да је и то мука духу.

Mashi Bible ☆

Nacîyigîrize oburhimanya nayîga n’ebiyigwa, nashanga oku isirhe na buhwinja. Nayumwa oku ciru n’okwo, gali mango gafire busha.

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Reina Valera 1909 ☆

Y dí mi corazón á conocer la sabiduría, y también á entender las locuras y los desvaríos: conocí que aun esto era aflicción de espíritu.

Spanish BLL ☆

Entonces me dediqué a entender qué es la sabiduría, y también qué son la locura y la necedad. Pero me di cuenta de que también esto es como querer atrapar el viento.

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

Y dediqué mi corazón a conocer la sabiduría, y también a conocer la locura y el desvarío; y comprendí que aun esto era correr tras el viento.

La Biblia en Español Sencillo ☆

Y di mi corazón para obtener conocimiento de la sabiduría y de los caminos de los necios. Y vi que de nuevo se trataba de un deseo por el viento.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You) ☆

Dediqué mi corazón a obtener sabiduría y a entender la locura y la insensatez. Comprendí que aun esto es correr tras el viento.

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Revised West Version ☆

Pea naʻaku tuku hoku loto ke ʻilo ʻae poto, pea ke ʻilo mo e hē mo e vale: pea u ʻiloʻi foki ia ko e fakamamahi ki he laumālie.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish ☆

І направив я свого духа на те, щоб спізнати, що се таке мудрість, і що таке безумність та дурнота; та пересьвідчився, що й се томить духа;

Ukrainian Freedom Bible ☆

І направив я свого духа на те, щоб спізнати, що се таке мудрість, і що таке безумність та дурнота; та пересьвідчився, що й се томить духа;

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

Ta cũng chuyên lòng học biết sự khôn ngoan, và biết sự ngu dại điên cuồng; ta nhìn biết điều đó cũng là theo luồng gió thổi.

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

וָאֶתְּנָ֤ה לִבִּי֙ לָדַ֣עַת חָכְמָ֔ה וְדַ֥עַת הוֹלֵל֖וֹת וְשִׂכְל֑וּת יָדַ֕עְתִּי שֶׁגַּם־זֶ֥ה ה֖וּא רַעְי֥וֹן רֽוּחַ׃