Ecclesiastes 1:18
For in the abundance of wisdom is abundance of knowledge; 1 And he that increases knowledge will increase sorrow.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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, godliness is wisdom; 1 And to abstain from evil is understanding.
Ecclesiastes 2:23For all his days 1 Are days of sorrows, and vexation of spirit is his; 1 In the night also his heart rests not. 1 This is also vanity. 1
Ecclesiastes 12:12And moreover, my son, guard thyself by means of them: 1 Of making many books there is no end; 1 And much study is a weariness of the flesh. 1
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 →