И предал я сердце моё тому, чтобы познать мудрость и познать безумие и глупость: узнал, что и это — томление духа;
And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.
And I set my mind to know wisdom and to know madness and folly; I realized that this also is striving after wind.
And I applied my heart to know wisdom and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also is but a striving after wind.
Then I applied myself to the understanding of wisdom, and also of madness and folly, but I learned that this, too, is a chasing after the wind.
And I set my heart to know wisdom and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also is grasping for the wind.
So I set out to learn everything from wisdom to madness and folly. But I learned firsthand that pursuing all this is like chasing the wind.
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.