Ecclesiastes 1:17

So I set my mind to know wisdom and madness and folly; I learned that this, too, is a pursuit of the wind.
BSB · Berean Standard Bible
And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.
KJV · King James Version
I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also was a chasing after wind.
WEB · World English Bible
And I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also was a striving after wind.
ASV · American Standard Version

Related passages

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.

I gave
Ecclesiastes 1:13; Ecclesiastes 2:3, 12; Ecclesiastes 7:23–25; 1 Thessalonians 5:21
I perceived
Ecclesiastes 2:10, 11