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Ecclesiastes 7:25

King James Version (KJV)

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Ecclesiastes 7:25

Verse 25 of 29

Scripture focus

I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason [of things], and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness [and] madness:

Ecclesiastes 7:25 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Ecclesiastes 7:25

Theological / Devotional

Applied mine heart to know. Literally, “I, even my heart, turned about to know.” An emphatic way of stating his sincerity in searching for wisdom.

The reason. The Hebrew word thus translated appears as “account” in v. Eccl. 7:27, and “device” in Eccl. 9:10. A feminine form of the word in 2 Chron. 26:15 is rendered “engines,” and in Eccl. 7:29, “inventions.”

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