Ecclesiastes 1:18

American Standard Version (1901) ☆

For in much wisdom is much grief; and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

For in much wisdom is much grief; and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

For with much wisdom comes much sorrow, and as knowledge grows, grief increases.

Bible in Basic English ☆

Because in much wisdom is much grief, and increase of knowledge is increase of sorrow.

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

For in the abundance of wisdom is abundance of knowledge; and he that increases knowledge will increase sorrow.

Darby Translation ☆

For in much wisdom is much vexation, and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

Because In much wisdom there is much indignation: and he that addeth knowledge, addeth also labour.

Geneva Bible 1599 ☆

For in the multitude of wisedome is much griefe: and he that increaseth knowledge, increaseth sorowe.

Noyes Bible ☆

For in much wisdom is much vexation, and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.

Leeser Tanakh ☆

For where there is much wisdom there is much vexation: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth pain.

JPS TaNaKH 1917 ☆

For in much wisdom is much vexation; and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.

King James Version ☆

For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

For in the abundance of wisdom is abundance of knowledge; and he that increases knowledge will increase sorrow.

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

For in the abundance of wisdom is abundance of knowledge; and he that increases knowledge will increase sorrow.

Majority Standard BIble ☆

For with much wisdom comes much sorrow, and as knowledge grows, grief increases.

Webster Bible ☆

For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.

Revised Version ☆

For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

For in the abundance of wisdom is abundance of knowledge; And he that increases knowledge will increase sorrow.

World English Bible ☆

For in much wisdom is much grief; and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

For in much wisdom is much grief; and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.

World English Bible British Edition ☆

For in much wisdom is much grief; and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

For in much wisdom is much grief; and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.

World English Bible Classic ☆

For in much wisdom is much grief; and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.

World English Bible Updated ☆

For in much wisdom is much grief; and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.

World Messianic Bible ☆

For in much wisdom is much grief; and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.

World Messianic Bible British Edition ☆

For in much wisdom is much grief; and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.

Young's Literal Translation ☆

for, in abundance of wisdom [is] abundance of sadness, and he who addeth knowledge addeth pain.'

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

For in much chochmah (wisdom) is much ka'as (grief, vexation); and he that increaseth da'as increaseth mach'ov (sorrow).

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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

لِأَنَّ فِي كَثْرَةِ ٱلْحِكْمَةِ كَثْرَةُ ٱلْغَمِّ، وَٱلَّذِي يَزِيدُ عِلْمًا يَزِيدُ حُزْنًا.

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

အကြောင်းမူကား၊ ပညာများလျှင်၊ ငြိုငြင်စရာ အကြောင်းများ၏။ သိပ္ပံအတတ် တိုးပွားသောသူသည် ဝမ်းနည်းခြင်း တိုးပွားတတ်၏။

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

အကြောင်း မူကား၊ ပညာ များ လျှင် ၊ ငြိုငြင် စရာ အကြောင်းများ ၏။ သိပ္ပံ အတတ် တိုးပွား သောသူသည် ဝမ်းနည်း ခြင်း တိုးပွား တတ်၏။

Asang Khongca Bible ☆

Palunghahaih pop baktiah, palungsethaih doeh pop; panoekhaih pop kami loe, palungsethaih doeh pop aep.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

Cueihnah a cungkuem nen khaw konoinah cungkuem tih, mingnah a koei khaw nganboh ni a. koei.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

Cueihnah a cungkuem nen khaw konoinah cungkuem tih, mingnah a koei khaw nganboh ni a koei.

Chinese Union Version (simplified) ☆

因为多有智慧，就多有愁烦； 加增知识的，就加增忧伤。

Chinese Union Version (traditional) ☆

因為多有智慧，就多有愁煩； 加增知識的，就加增憂傷。

World Chinese Bible ☆

因为智慧多，愁烦也多；加增知识的，也加增忧伤。

Croatian Bible ☆

Mnogo mudrosti - mnogo jada; što više znanja, to više boli.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

Nebo kde jest mnoho moudrosti, tu mnoho hněvu; a kdož rozmnožuje umění, rozmnožuje bolest.

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

Thi megen Visdom megen Græmmelse, øget Kundskab øget Smerte.

Dutch Bible 1917 ☆

Want in veel wijsheid is veel verdriet; en die wetenschap vermeerdert, vermeerdert smart.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

Want hoe groter de wijsheid, hoe groter de kwelling; En wie kennis vermeerdert, vermeerdert de smart.

Esperanto Bible ☆

Ĉar ĉe multe da saĝeco estas multe da zorgemeco; kaj, kiu plimultigas siajn sciojn, tiu plimultigas siajn dolorojn.

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

Car à beaucoup de sagesse, beaucoup de chagrin ; et qui augmente la connaissance, augmente la douleur.

French Ostervald Bible ☆

Car avec beaucoup de science, il y a beaucoup de chagrin; et celui qui accroît sa science, accroît sa douleur.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

Car avec beaucoup de sagesse on a beaucoup de chagrin, et celui qui augmente sa science augmente sa douleur.

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

Car avec beaucoup de sagesse vient beaucoup de chagrin, et celui qui augmente sa connaissance augmente sa douleur.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

Denn bei viel Weisheit ist viel Verdruß: und wer Erkenntnis mehrt, mehrt Kummer.

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

Denn wo viel Weisheit ist, da ist viel Grämens; und wer viel lernt, der muß viel leiden.

German Textbibel ☆

Denn bei viel Weisheit ist viel Unmut, und häuft einer Erkenntnis, so häuft er Schmerz.

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

denn wo viel Weisheit ist, da ist auch viel Ärger, und wer sein Wissen mehrt, der mehrt seinen Schmerz.

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SEPTUAGINTA ☆

ὅτι ἐν πλήθει σοφίας πλῆθος γνώσεως, καὶ ὁ προστιθεὶς γνῶσιν προσθήσει ἄλγημα.

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Ὅτι ἐν πλήθει σοφίας πλῆθος γνώσεως, καὶ ὁ προστιθεὶς γνῶσιν, προσθήσει ἄλγημα.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985 ☆

Paske plis ou gen konprann, se plis ou nan tèt chaje. Plis ou konnen, se plis ou soufri.

Hawaiian Bible 1868 ☆

No ka mea, ma ka naauao nui, malaila ke kaumaha; a o ka mea i hoonui i ka ike, hoonui no ia i ka eha.

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

כִּ֛י בְּרֹ֥ב חָכְמָ֖ה רָב־כָּ֑עַס וְיֹוסִ֥יף דַּ֖עַת יֹוסִ֥יף מַכְאֹֽוב׃

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

כי ברב חכמה רב כעס ויוסיף דעת יוסיף מכאוב׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

Perciocchè, dove è molta sapienza, vi è molta molestia ; e chi accresce la scienza accresce il dolore.

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

Poiché dov’è molta sapienza v’è molto affanno, e chi accresce la sua scienza accresce il suo dolore.

Japanese Freedom Bible ☆

知恵が増せば悩みも増し、知識を増す者は悲しみを増す。

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

지혜가 많으면 번뇌도 많으니 지식을 더하는 자는 근심을 더하느니라

Kosraean Bible ☆

Lalmwetmet lom fin yokelik, na fosrnga lom ac yokelik pac. Fin yokelik etauk lom, ac yokelik pulakinyen keok sum.

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

eo quod in multa sapientia multa sit indignatio; et qui addit scientiam, addit et laborem.]

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

زیرا که در کثرت حکمت کثرت غم است و هر‌که علم را بیفزاید، حزن رامی افزاید.

World Portuguese Bible ☆

Pois em muita sabedoria há muito desgosto; e quem aumenta o conhecimento, aumenta a tristeza.

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

Porque na muita sabedoria há muito aborrecimento, e aquele que aumenta em conhecimento aumenta em angústia.

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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

Căci în multă înțelepciune este multă mâhnire, și cel ce mărește cunoașterea mărește întristarea.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Кэч унде есте мултэ ынцелепчуне, есте ши мулт неказ, ши чине штие мулте аре ши мултэ дурере.

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

потому что во многой мудрости много печали; и кто умножает познания, умножает скорбь.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

Jer gde je mnogo mudrosti, mnogo je brige, i ko umnožava znanje umnožava muku.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Јер где је много мудрости, много је бриге, и ко умножава знање умножава муку.

Mashi Bible ☆

Burhimanya bunji, mutula munji, obumanye oku buli bunji kwo bunarhamya.

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Reina Valera 1909 ☆

Porque en la mucha sabiduría hay mucha molestia; y quien añade ciencia, añade dolor.

Spanish BLL ☆

Porque a mayor sabiduría, mayor sufrimiento; y entre más se sabe, más se sufre.

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

Porque en la mucha sabiduría hay mucha molestia; y quien añade ciencia, añade dolor.

La Biblia en Español Sencillo ☆

Porque en mucha sabiduría hay mucho dolor, y el aumento del conocimiento es aumento del dolor.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You) ☆

Porque en la mucha sabiduría hay mucha frustración, Y el que añade conocimiento añade dolor.

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Revised West Version ☆

He ʻoku lahi ʻae mamahi ʻi he poto ʻoku lahi: pea ko ia ʻoku fakatupu ʻa ʻene ʻilo ʻoku ne fakatupu mo e mamahi.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish ☆

Бо в кого більш мудростї, в того більш і смутку; й хто прибільшує знаннє, — прибільшує й гризоти.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible ☆

Бо в кого більш мудростї, в того більш і смутку; й хто прибільшує знаннє, — прибільшує й гризоти.

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

Vì nếu sự khôn ngoan nhiều, sự phiền não cũng nhiều; ai thêm sự tri thức ắt thêm sự đau đớn.

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

כִּ֛י בְּרֹ֥ב חָכְמָ֖ה רָב־כָּ֑עַס וְיוֹסִ֥יף דַּ֖עַת יוֹסִ֥יף מַכְאֽוֹב׃