Ecclesiastes 1:18

Verse 18 of 18. The 1st of 12 chapters in Ecclesiastes, in Poetry and Wisdom.

14I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.

15That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.

16I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all they that have been before me in Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.

17And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.

18For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.

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King James Version. Public domain. Set as prose throughout, including the poetry, because the text is published to us without its lines.