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Ecclesiastes 1:16

American Standard Version

I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I have gotten me great wisdom above all that were before me in Jerusalem; yea, my heart hath had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.

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Ecclesiastes 1:16 in other translations

I said to myself, “Behold, I have obtained for myself great wisdom above all who were before me in Jerusalem. Yes, my heart has had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.”

Ecclesiastes 1:16 · World English Bible

Ecclesiastes 1:16 in context

  1. 14I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind.
  2. 15That which is crooked cannot be made straight; and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.
  3. 16I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I have gotten me great wisdom above all that were before me in Jerusalem; yea, my heart hath had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.
  4. 17And I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also was a striving after wind.
  5. 18For in much wisdom is much grief; and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.