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Ecclesiastes 1:17

King James Version (KJV)

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Ecclesiastes 1:17

Verse 17 of 18

Scripture focus

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

Ecclesiastes 1:17 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Ecclesiastes 1:17

Theological / Devotional

Folly. The word thus translated is probably from a root that means “to lay crosswise.” There may be the suggestion here that wisdom did not always guide Solomon in the matter of the topics he investigated.

Vexation of spirit. See on v. 14.

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