Ecclesiastes 1:17 meaning and explanation
So I set my mind to know wisdom and madness and folly; I learned that this, too, is a pursuit of the wind.
Ecclesiastes 1:17, Berean Standard Bible
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The Teacher, presented as a Davidic king in Jerusalem, is testing everything by wisdom. Having surveyed the world, he now turns to examine wisdom itself alongside madness and folly, the Hebrew words chokmah (wisdom) and holeluth (madness).
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