Ecclesiastes 1:18

כִּי בְּרֹב חָכְמָה רָב ־ כָּעַס וְיוֹסִיף דַּעַת יוֹסִיף מַכְאֽוֹב ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.

In Context

17וָאֶתְּנָה לִבִּי לָדַעַת חָכְמָה וְדַעַת הוֹלֵלוֹת וְשִׂכְלוּת יָדַעְתִּי שֶׁגַּם ־ זֶה הוּא רַעְיוֹן רֽוּחַ ׃

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Cross References

Job 28:28וַיֹּאמֶר ׀ לָֽאָדָם הֵן יִרְאַת אֲדֹנָי הִיא חָכְמָה וְסוּר מֵרָע בִּינָֽה ׃ ס

Ecclesiastes 2:23כִּי כָל ־ יָמָיו מַכְאֹבִים וָכַעַס עִנְיָנוֹ גַּם ־ בַּלַּיְלָה לֹא ־ שָׁכַב לִבּו גַּם ־ זֶה הֶבֶל הֽוּא ׃

Ecclesiastes 12:12וְיֹתֵר מֵהֵמָּה בְּנִי הִזָּהֵר עֲשׂוֹת סְפָרִים הַרְבֵּה אֵין קֵץ וְלַהַג הַרְבֵּה יְגִעַת בָּשָֽׂר ׃

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 →

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