I and my heart went round about to know, and to examine, and to seek wisdom, and the account [of things], and to know the folly and trouble and madness of the ungodly man.
WEB
Ecclesiastes 7:25
I turned around, and my heart sought to know and to search out, and to seek wisdom and the scheme of things, and to know that wickedness is stupidity, and that foolishness is madness.
Parallel Translations
[That which is] far beyond what was, and a great depth, who shall find it out?
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:
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 10:13Joshua 7:13Ecclesiastes 2:152 Peter 2:3–9Jeremiah 12:1–2Ecclesiastes 2:20Ecclesiastes 9:1–3Ecclesiastes 3:16–17Ecclesiastes 2:1–32 Samuel 13:12Ecclesiastes 2:12Proverbs 26:11Proverbs 17:12Ecclesiastes 7:27Ecclesiastes 1:13–17
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