Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 5414 [e] וָאֶתְּנָ֤ה wā-’et-tə-nāh And I set Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-1cs | 3fs 3820 [e] לִבִּי֙ lib-bî my heart N-msc | 1cs 3045 [e] לָדַ֣עַת lā-ḏa-‘aṯ to know Prep-l | V-Qal-Inf 2451 [e] חָכְמָ֔ה ḥāḵ-māh wisdom N-fs 3045 [e] וְדַ֥עַת wə-ḏa-‘aṯ and to know Conj-w | V-Qal-Inf 1947 [e] הוֹלֵל֖וֹת hō-w-lê-lō-wṯ madness N-fp 5531 [e] וְשִׂכְל֑וּת wə-śiḵ-lūṯ; and folly Conj-w | N-fs 3045 [e] יָדַ֕עְתִּי yā-ḏa‘-tî I perceived V-Qal-Perf-1cs 1571 [e] שֶׁגַּם־ šeg-gam- that also Pro-r | Conj 2088 [e] זֶ֥ה zeh this Pro-ms 1931 [e] ה֖וּא hū is Pro-3ms 7475 [e] רַעְי֥וֹן ra‘-yō-wn grasping for N-msc 7307 [e] רֽוּחַ׃ rū-aḥ. the wind N-cs

New American Standard Bible
And I set my mind to know wisdom and to know madness and folly; I realized that this also is striving after wind.

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

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

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Ecclesiastes 1:13 And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all …

Ecclesiastes 2:3,12 I sought in my heart to give myself to wine, yet acquainting my heart …

Ecclesiastes 7:23-25 All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it …

1 Thessalonians 5:21 Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.

i perceived

Ecclesiastes 2:10,11 And whatever my eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not …

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