Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 3588 [e] כִּ֛י kî For Conj 7230 [e] בְּרֹ֥ב bə-rōḇ with an abundance Prep-b | N-msc 2451 [e] חָכְמָ֖ה ḥāḵ-māh of wisdom N-fs 7227 [e] רָב־ rāḇ- [is] much N-msc 3708 [e] כָּ֑עַס kā-‘as grief N-ms 3254 [e] וְיוֹסִ֥יף wə-yō-w-sîp̄ and he [who] adds to Conj-w | V-Hifil-ConjImperf-3ms 1847 [e] דַּ֖עַת da-‘aṯ knowledge N-fs 3254 [e] יוֹסִ֥יף yō-w-sîp̄ adds to V-Hifil-Imperf-3ms 4341 [e] מַכְאֽוֹב׃ maḵ-’ō-wḇ sorrow N-ms

Berean Study Bible
For with much wisdom comes much sorrow, and as knowledge grows, grief increases.

Young's Literal Translation
for, in abundance of wisdom [is] abundance of sadness, and he who addeth knowledge addeth pain.’

Holman Christian Standard Bible
For with much wisdom is much sorrow; as knowledge increases, grief increases.

New American Standard Bible
Because in much wisdom there is much grief, and increasing knowledge [results in] increasing pain.

King James Bible
For in much wisdom [is] much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. Ecclesiastes 1:18 • Ecclesiastes 1:18 NIV • Ecclesiastes 1:18 NLT • Ecclesiastes 1:18 ESV • Ecclesiastes 1:18 NASB • Ecclesiastes 1:18 KJV • Ecclesiastes 1:18 Biblia Paralela • Ecclesiastes 1:18 Chinese Bible • Ecclesiastes 1:18 French Bible • Ecclesiastes 1:18 German Bible

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