Ecclesiastes 1:18
“For in much wisedome is much griefe: and hee that increaseth knowledge, increaseth sorrow.”
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Ecclesiastes 1:18 Context
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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For in much wisdom [is] much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.
- King James Version
Because in much wisdom there is much grief, and increasing knowledge {results in} increasing pain.
- New American Standard Version (1995)