Ecclesiastes 1:16
“I communed with mine owne heart, saying, Loe, I am come to great estate, and haue gotten more wisedome then all they that haue beene before me in Ierusalem: yea my heart had great experience of wisedome & knowledge.”
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Ecclesiastes 1:16 Context
14I haue seene all the workes that are done vnder the Sunne, and behold, all is vanitie, and vexation of spirit. 15That which is crooked, cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbred. 16I communed with mine owne heart, saying, Loe, I am come to great estate, and haue gotten more wisedome then all they that haue beene before me in Ierusalem: yea my heart had great experience of wisedome & knowledge. 17And I gaue my heart to know wisedome, and to know madnesse and folly: I perceiued that this also is vexation of spirit. 18For in much wisedome is much griefe: and hee that increaseth knowledge, increaseth sorrow.
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I 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.
- King James Version
I said to myself, "Behold, I have magnified and increased wisdom more than all who were over Jerusalem before me; and my mind has observed a wealth of wisdom and knowledge."
- New American Standard Version (1995)