Ecclesiastes 7:25

84 translations of 93 that include the Old Testament

American Standard Version (1901)

I turned about, and my heart was set to know and to search out, and to seek wisdom and the reason of things, and to know that wickedness is folly, and that foolishness is madness.

ASV Byzantine Text

I turned about, and my heart was set to know and to search out, and to seek wisdom and the reason of things, and to know that wickedness is folly, and that foolishness is madness.

Asang Khongca Bible

Palunghahaih hoiah ohhaih takung to pakrong moe, panoek thaih pacoengah, kasae kaminawk amthuhaih hoi kamthunawk amthuhaih panoek thai hanah, ka poekhaih palungthin to ka paqoi.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs

Kamah neh ka lungbuei khaw, uepnah koikah halangnah neh anglatnah, lunghmangnah te ming ham neh yaam hamla, cueihnah neh poeknah tlap hamla ka maelh.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Kamah neh ka lungbuei khaw, uepnah koikah halangnah neh anglatnah, lunghmangnah te ming ham neh yaam hamla, cueihnah neh poeknah tlap hamla ka maelh.

Hawaiian Bible 1868

Ua haawi au i ko'u naau e ike, a e huli, a e imi hoi i ka naauao, a me ke ano [o na mea,] a e ike hoi i ka hewa o ka naaupo, a o ka noho lapuwale, a me ka uhauha.

English Berean Standard Bible

I directed my mind to understand, to explore, to search out wisdom and explanations, and to understand the stupidity of wickedness and the folly of madness.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985

Men, mwen pran san m' pou m' chache konnen, pou m' egzaminen tout bagay. Mwen te soti pou m' te konprann, pou m' te jwenn repons pou tout keksyon mwen t'ap poze tèt mwen, pou m' te rive konnen jan moun mechan yo pèdi tèt yo, jan moun sòt yo egare.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

multo magis quam erat. Et alta profunditas, quis inveniet eam?]

Bible in Basic English

I gave my mind to knowledge and to searching for wisdom and the reason of things, and to the discovery that sin is foolish, and that to be foolish is to be without one's senses.

French: Bible J.N. Darby

Je me suis mis, moi et mon cœur, à connaître et à explorer et à rechercher la sagesse et l’intelligence, et à connaître que la méchanceté est sottise, et la folie, déraison ;

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

Všecko jsem přeběhl myslí svou, abych poznal a vyhledal, i vynalezl moudrost a rozumnost, a abych poznal bezbožnost, bláznovství a nemoudrost i nesmyslnost.

Kosraean Bible

Tusruktu nga eisyuyang nu ke etauk ac lutlut; nga tuh sulela nga in suk lalmwetmet ac top nu ke mwe siyuk luk, ac in etu lupan koluk ac lalfon lun nikin uh.

World Portuguese Bible

Eu me voltei, e meu coração buscou saber, investigar, e buscar a sabedoria e a razão das coisas, e saber que a maldade é estupidez, e que a tolice é loucura.

Romanian BTF Bible

Mi-am dedicat inima să cunosc și să cercetez și să descopăr înțelepciune și motivul lucrurilor și să cunosc stricăciunea prostiei, chiar a nechibzuinței și a nebuniei;

Brenton English Septuagint

I and my heart went round about to know, and to examine, and to seek wisdom, and the account of things, and to know the folly and trouble and madness of the ungodly man.

Burmese Common Language Bible

ပညာတရားနှင့် အကျိုးအကြောင်းကို ရှာဖွေ စစ်ဆေး၍ သိနားလည်ခြင်းငှါ၎င်း၊ မိုက်စွာကျင့်ခြင်း၏ အပြစ်နှင့် ရူးခြင်း၏အပြစ်ကို သိနားလည်ခြင်းငှါ၎င်း၊ ငါနှင့်ငါ့နှလုံးသည် ဝိုင်းညီ၍ ကြိုးစားလေပြီ။

Darby Translation

I turned, I and my heart, to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom and reason, and to know wickedness to be folly, and foolishness to be madness;

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible

Ich wandte mich, und mein Herz ging darauf aus, Weisheit und ein richtiges Urteil zu erkennen und zu erkunden und zu suchen, und zu erkennen, daß die Gesetzlosigkeit Torheit ist, und die Narrheit Tollheit.

Dutch Bible 1917

Ik keerde mij om, en mijn hart, om te weten, en om na te sporen, en te zoeken wijsheid en een sluitrede; en om te weten de goddeloosheid der zotheid, en de dwaasheid der onzinnigheden.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

En toch heb ik mij er op toegelegd, Om kennis en doorzicht te verwerven, Om wijsheid te bekomen en inzicht, Om te begrijpen, dat de zonde een dwaasheid is, En wangedrag een zotheid moet zijn.

Italian Diodati Bible

Io mi sono aggirato con l'anima mia, per conoscere, per investigare, e per ricercar sapienza, e come si deve ben giudicar delle cose; e per conoscere l'empietà della stoltizia, e la follia delle pazzie;

Douay-Rheims 1899

Much more than it was: it is a great depth, who shall find it out?

Geneva Bible 1599

All this haue I prooued by wisedome: I thought I will be wise, but it went farre from me.

Noyes Bible

I applied my mind earnestly to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom and intelligence, and to know wickedness and folly, yea, foolishness and madness.

Danish Bible 1931

Jeg tog mig for at vende min Hu til Kundskab og Granskning og til at søge efter Visdom og sikker Viden og til at kende, at Gudløshed er Tåbelighed, Dårskab Vanvid.

Leeser Tanakh

Then I turned myself about together with my heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and experience, and to know the wickedness of folly, and the foolishness of madness.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

I turned about, and applied my heart to know and to search out, and to seek wisdom and the reason of things, and to know wickedness to be folly, and foolishness to be madness;

King James Version

I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness:

King James Version + Apocrypha

I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness:

Vietnamese Bible 1923

Ta lại hết lòng chuyên lo cho hiểu biết, xét nét, kiếm tìm sự khôn ngoan và chánh lý muôn vật, lại cho biết rằng gian ác là dại dột và sự dại dột là điên cuồng.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness:

Revised West Version

Naʻaku tuku hoku loto ke ʻilo mo hakule, pea ke kumi atu ki he poto, mo hono ʻuhinga ʻoe ngaahi meʻa, pea ke ʻilo ʻae kovi ʻoe vale, ʻio, ʻae vale mo e hē.

French Ostervald Bible

J'ai appliqué mon cœur à connaître, à sonder et à chercher la sagesse et la raison de tout, et à connaître la méchanceté de la folie, et la sottise de la déraison.

Esperanto Bible

Mi turnis min kun mia koro, por ekkoni, esplori, kaj traserĉi saĝecon kaj prudenton, kaj ekscii, ke la malvirteco estas malsaĝeco kaj ke la senscieco estas sensenca.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible

Je me suis appliqué dans mon cœur à connaître, à sonder, et à chercher la sagesse et la raison des choses, et à connaître la folie de la méchanceté et la stupidité de la sottise.

German Luther Bible 1912

Ich kehrte mein Herz, zu erfahren und erforschen und zu suchen Weisheit und Kunst, zu erfahren der Gottlosen Torheit und Irrtum der Tollen,

LXX2012 U. S. English

That which is far beyond what was, and a great depth, who shall find it out?

British English Septuagint 2012

That which is far beyond what was, and a great depth, who shall find it out?

Majority Standard BIble

I directed my mind to understand, to explore, to search out wisdom and explanations, and to understand the stupidity of wickedness and the folly of madness.

Webster Bible

I applied my heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things , and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness:

Revised Version

I turned about, and my heart was set to know and to search out, and to seek wisdom and the reason of things, and to know that wickedness is folly, and that foolishness is madness:

Italian Riveduta Bible

Io mi sono applicato nel cuor mio a riflettere, a investigare, a cercare la sapienza e la ragion delle cose, e a riconoscere che l’empietà è una follia e la stoltezza una pazzia;

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Je me tournai de tout mon cœur pour connaître, explorer et rechercher la sagesse et la raison des choses, et pour comprendre que la méchanceté est stupidité et la folie, démence.

Reina Valera 1909

Yo he rodeado con mi corazón por saber, y examinar, é inquirir la sabiduría, y la razón; y por conocer la maldad de la insensatez, y el desvarío del error;

Spanish BLL

Me dediqué de lleno a investigar y a buscar la sabiduría y la lógica de lo que sucede, para entender que la maldad es una estupidez y la necedad una locura.

Spanish Free Bible for the World

Volví yo mi corazón para saber y examinar e inquirir la sabiduría y la razón de las cosas, y para conocer la maldad de la insensatez y la necedad de la locura.

Croatian Bible

I još jednom pokušah istražiti i shvatiti mudrost i smisao, da spoznam opačinu kao ludost, a ludost kao bezumlje.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

Okretoh se srcem svojim da poznam i izvidim i iznađem mudrost i razum, i da poznam bezbožnost ludosti i ludost bezumlja.

German Textbibel

Ich wandte mich, und mein Sinn war darauf gerichtet, zu erkennen und zu erforschen und Weisheit und kluge Berechnung zu suchen und zu erkennen, daß Frevel Thorheit und Narrheit Tollheit ist.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

I and my heart went round about to know, And to examine, and to seek wisdom, and the account of things, And to know the folly and trouble And madness of the ungodly man.

Hebrew OT (WLC)

סַבּ֨וֹתִֽי אֲנִ֤י וְלִבִּי֙ לָדַ֣עַת וְלָת֔וּר וּבַקֵּ֥שׁ חָכְמָ֖ה וְחֶשְׁבּ֑וֹן וְלָדַ֨עַת֙ רֶ֣שַׁע כֶּ֔סֶל וְהַסִּכְל֖וּת הוֹלֵלֽוֹת׃