Ecclesiastes 1:18
Because In much wisdom there is much indignation: and he that addeth knowledge, addeth also labour.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.
In Context
Cross References
Job 28:28And he said to man: Behold the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom: and to depart from evil, is understanding.
Ecclesiastes 2:23All his days axe full of sorrows and miseries, even in the night he doth not rest in mind: and is not this vanity?
Ecclesiastes 12:12More than these, my son, require not. Of making many books there is no end: and much study is an affliction of the flesh.
James 3:13Who is a wise man, and endued with knowledge among you? Let him shew, by a good conversation, his work in the meekness of wisdom.
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 1:13-18
Vanity of Human Wisdom. 12 I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem. 13 And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith. 14 I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit. 15 That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered. 16 I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am… Read the whole commentary →