Qoheleth’s Investigation into Wisdom

Ecclesiastes 1:12-18

I, Kohelet, have been king over Isra'el in Yerushalayim.

I wisely applied myself to seek out and investigate everything done under heaven. What a bothersome task God has given humanity to keep us occupied!

I have seen all the activities that are done under the sun, and it's all pointless, feeding on wind.

What is crooked can't be straightened; what is not there can't be counted.

I said to myself, "Look, I have acquired much wisdom, more than anyone ruling Yerushalayim before me."Yes, I experienced a great deal of wisdom and knowledge;

yet when I applied myself to understanding wisdom and knowledge, as well as stupidity and folly, I came to see that this too was merely feeding on wind.

For in much wisdom is much grief; the more knowledge, the more suffering.

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