Ecclesiastes 1:1 (LUT)

Ecclesiastes 1:17 - 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.

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Translations for Ecclesiastes 1:17

KJVKJV (read chapter in KJV)

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

NKJVNKJV (read chapter in NKJV)

And I set my heart to know wisdom and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also is grasping for the wind.

NLTNLT (read chapter in NLT)

So I set out to learn everything from wisdom to madness and folly. But I learned firsthand that pursuing all this is like chasing the wind.

NIVNIV (read chapter in NIV)

Then I applied myself to the understanding of wisdom, and also of madness and folly, but I learned that this, too, is a chasing after the wind.

ESVESV (read chapter in ESV)

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

CSBCSB (read chapter in CSB)

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

NASB20NASB20 (read chapter in NASB20)

And I applied my [fn]mind to know wisdom and to know insanity and foolishness; I realized that this also is striving after wind.

NASB95NASB95 (read chapter in NASB95)

And I set my [fn]mind to know wisdom and to know madness and folly; I realized that this also is striving after wind.

LSBLSB (read chapter in LSB)

And I gave my heart to know wisdom and to know madness and simpleminded folly; I came to know that this also is striving after wind.

AMPAMP (read chapter in AMP)

And I set my mind to know [practical] wisdom and to discern [the character of] madness and folly [in which men seem to find satisfaction]; I realized that this too is a futile grasping and chasing after the wind.

NETNET (read chapter in NET)

So I decided to discern the benefit of wisdom and knowledge over foolish behavior and ideas; however, I concluded that even this endeavor is like trying to chase the wind!

RSVRSV (read chapter in RSV)

And I applied my mind to know wisdom and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also is but a striving after wind.

ASVASV (read chapter in ASV)

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

YLTYLT (read chapter in YLT)

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

DBYDBY (read chapter in DBY)

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.

WEBWEB (read chapter in WEB)

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

HNVHNV (read chapter in HNV)

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

VULVUL (read chapter in VUL)

dedique cor meum ut scirem prudentiam atque doctrinam erroresque et stultitiam et agnovi quod in his quoque esset labor et adflictio spiritus

NAVNAV (read chapter in NAV)

ثُمَّ وَجَّهْتُ فِكْرِي نَحْوَ مَعْرِفَةِ الْحِكْمَةِ وَالْجُنُونِ وَالْحَمَاقَةِ، فَأَدْرَكْتُ أَنَّ هَذَا لَيْسَ سِوَى مُلاحَقَةِ الرِّيحِ أَيْضاً.

WLCWLC (read chapter in WLC)

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

LXXLXX (read chapter in LXX)

καὶ ἔδωκα καρδίαν μου τοῦ γνῶναι σοφίαν καὶ γνῶσιν παραβολὰς καὶ ἐπιστήμην ἔγνων ὅτι καί γε τοῦτ᾽ ἔστιν προαίρεσις πνεύματος

SVDSVD (read chapter in SVD)

وَوَجَّهْتُ قَلْبِي لِمَعْرِفَةِ الْحِكْمَةِ وَلِمَعْرِفَةِ الْحَمَاقَةِ وَالْجَهْلِ، فَعَرَفْتُ أَنَّ هذَا أَيْضًا قَبْضُ الرِّيحِ.

BESBES (read chapter in BES)

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

RVR09RVR09 (read chapter in RVR09)

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.

RVR60RVR60 (read chapter in RVR60)

Y dediqué mi corazón a conocer la sabiduría, y también a entender las locuras y los desvaríos; conocí que aun esto era aflicción de espíritu.

BBEBBE (read chapter in BBE)

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.

CHTCHT (read chapter in CHT)

我又專心察明智慧、狂妄、和愚昧．乃知這也是捕風。

EMEM (read chapter in EM)

Dediqué mi corazón a conocer la sabiduría y el conocimiento, la locura y la necedad. Pero he entendido que aun esto es conflicto de espíritu.

KORKOR (read chapter in KOR)

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

LSLS (read chapter in LS)

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

LUTLUT (read chapter in LUT)

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.

RSTRST (read chapter in RST)

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

SESE (read chapter in SE)

Y di mi corazón a conocer la sabiduría, y la ciencia; y las locuras y los desvaríos conocí al fin que aun esto era aflicción de espíritu.

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Published 1534, 1522, 1534, revised 1984.
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