Ecclesiastes 7:25 — compare English translations
Compare translationsEcclesiastes 7:25 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
סַבּ֨וֹתִֽי
çâbab
H5437
to turn around
אֲנִ֤י
ʼănîy
H589
I
וְלִבִּי֙
lêb
H3820
heart
לָדַ֣עַת
yâdaʻ
H3045
to know
וְלָת֔וּר
tûwr
H8446
to seek
וּבַקֵּ֥שׁ
bâqash
H1245
to seek
חָכְמָ֖ה
chokmâh
H2451
wisdom
וְחֶשְׁבּ֑וֹן
cheshbôwn
H2808
reckoning
וְלָדַ֨עַת֙
yâdaʻ
H3045
to know
רֶ֣שַׁע
reshaʻ
H7562
wickedness
כֶּ֔סֶל
keçel
H3689
loins
וְהַסִּכְל֖וּת
çiklûwth
H5531
foolishness
הוֹלֵלֽוֹת
hôwlêlâh
H1947
madness
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World English Bible Public Domain
I turned around, and my heart sought to know and to search out, and to seek wisdom and the scheme of things, and to know that wickedness is stupidity, and that foolishness is madness.
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King James Version Public Domain
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:
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
I turned, I and my heart, to know and to explore and seek wisdom and the scheme of things, and to know wickedness folly and the foolishness madness.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).