ASV: And I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also was a striving after wind.
BBE: And I gave my heart to getting knowledge of wisdom, and of the ways of the foolish. And I saw that this again was desire for wind.
DBY: And I applied my heart to the knowledge of wisdom, and to the knowledge of madness and folly: I perceived that this also is a striving after the wind.
KJV: And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.
JPS: And I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly--I perceived that this also was a striving after wind.
WBS: And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.
WEB: I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also was a chasing after wind.
YLT: And I give my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I have known that even this 'is' vexation of spirit;
