Verse 16
Ecclesiastes 1:16
Young's Literal Translation
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I -- I spake with my heart, saying, 'I, lo, I have magnified and added wisdom above every one who hath been before me at Jerusalem, and my heart hath seen abundantly wisdom and knowledge.
Original Language Text
hebrew
דִּבַּ֨רְתִּי אֲנִ֤י עִם לִבִּ/י֙ לֵ/אמֹ֔ר אֲנִ֗י הִנֵּ֨ה הִגְדַּ֤לְתִּי וְ/הוֹסַ֨פְתִּי֙ חָכְמָ֔ה עַ֛ל כָּל אֲשֶׁר הָיָ֥ה לְ/פָנַ֖/י עַל יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑ם וְ/לִבִּ֛/י רָאָ֥ה הַרְבֵּ֖ה חָכְמָ֥ה וָ/דָֽעַת
English Translation
I spoke with my heart, saying, "I have indeed grown and added wisdom beyond all that was before me in Jerusalem, and my heart has seen much wisdom and knowledge."
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Chapter 1 Context
1
Words of a preacher, son of David, king in Jerusalem:
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Vanity of vanities, said the Preacher, Vanity of vanities: the whole [is] vanity.
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3
What advantage [is] to man by all his labour that he laboureth at under the sun?
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A generation is going, and a generation is coming, and the earth to the age is standing.
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Also, the sun hath risen, and the sun hath gone in, and unto its place panting it is rising there.
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Going unto the south, and turning round unto the north, turning round, turning round, the wind is go...
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All the streams are going unto the sea, and the sea is not full; unto a place whither the streams ar...
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All these things are wearying; a man is not able to speak, the eye is not satisfied by seeing, nor f...
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What [is] that which hath been? it [is] that which is, and what [is] that which hath been done? it [...
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There is a thing of which [one] saith: 'See this, it [is] new!' already it hath been in the ages tha...
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There is not a remembrance of former [generations]; and also of the latter that are, there is no rem...
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I, a preacher, have been king over Israel in Jerusalem.
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And I have given my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all that hath been done und...
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I have seen all the works that have been done under the sun, and lo, the whole [is] vanity and vexat...
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A crooked thing [one] is not able to make straight, and a lacking thing is not able to be numbered.
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I -- I spake with my heart, saying, 'I, lo, I have magnified and added wisdom above every one who ha...
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And I give my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I have known that even this [is]...
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for, in abundance of wisdom [is] abundance of sadness, and he who addeth knowledge addeth pain.'
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