Ecclesiastes 7:25 - English Standard Version 2016

²⁵ I turned my heart to know and to search out and to seek wisdom and the scheme of things, and to know the wickedness of folly and the foolishness that is madness.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁵ I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁵ I turned about [penitent] and my heart was set to know and to search out and to seek [true] wisdom and the reason of things, and to know that wickedness is folly and that foolishness is madness [and what had led me into such wickedness and madness].

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁵ I turned about, and my heart was set to know and to search out, and to seek wisdom and the reason of things, and to know that wickedness is folly, and that foolishness is madness.

Common English Bible

²⁵ I turned my mind to know, to investigate, and to seek wisdom, along with an account of things, to know that wickedness is foolishness and folly is madness.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁵ so much more than it was before. Wisdom is very profound, so who shall reveal her?

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁵ Much more than it was: it is a great depth, who shall find it out?

Ecclesiastes 7:25 Tagairtí Cros

Genesis 34:7

The sons of Jacob had come in from the field as soon as they heard of it, and the men were indignant and very angry, because he had done an outrageous thing in Israel by lying with Jacob’s daughter, for such a thing must not be done.

2 Samuel 13:12

She answered him, “No, my brother, do not violate me, for such a thing is not done in Israel; do not do this outrageous thing.

Proverbs 17:12

Let a man meet a she-bear robbed of her cubs rather than a fool in his folly.

Proverbs 26:11

Like a dog that returns to his vomit is a fool who repeats his folly.

Ecclesiastes 10:13

The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness, and the end of his talk is evil madness.

Ecclesiastes 2:12

So I turned to consider wisdom and madness and folly. For what can the man do who comes after the king? Only what has already been done.

Ecclesiastes 2:15

Then I said in my heart, “What happens to the fool will happen to me also. Why then have I been so very wise?” And I said in my heart that this also is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 2:20

So I turned about and gave my heart up to despair over all the toil of my labors under the sun,

Ecclesiastes 7:27

Behold, this is what I found, says the Preacher, while adding one thing to another to find the scheme of things—

Joshua 7:13

Get up! Consecrate the people and say, ‘Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow; for thus says the Lord, God of Israel, “There are devoted things in your midst, O Israel. You cannot stand before your enemies until you take away the devoted things from among you.”