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Douay-Rheims
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And I have given my heart to know prudence, and learning, and errors, and folly: and I have perceived that in these also there was labour, and vexation of spirit,
King James
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And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.
Louis Second
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J'ai appliqué mon coeur à connaître la sagesse, et à connaître la sottise et la folie; j'ai compris que cela aussi c'est la poursuite du vent
Martin Luther
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Und gab auch mein Herz drauf, daß ich lernete Weisheit und Torheit und Klugheit. Ich ward aber gewahr, daß solches auch Mühe ist.
Vulgate
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dedique cor meum ut scirem prudentiam atque doctrinam erroresque et stultitiam et agnovi quod in his quoque esset labor et adflictio spiritus

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary


ut : (+ subj.) (result) so that, that.
ut : (+ subj.) (purpose) in order that, to, that.
ut : (+ indic.) when, as.
ut : (+ subj.) (command) to, that.
quod : (neut. sing. acc.) (the sea), WHICH you cannot drink dry.
quod : (+ comparative) the x the better (quod celior = the faster the.
quod : (beginning sentence) and, but, now.
quod : (neut. sing. nom.) (the war), WHICH killed so many.
quod : (with time) since, as far as, to the extent that.
quod : because, whereas, the point that, the fact that.
in : (+ acc.) into, toward, against.
in : (+ abl.) in.
his : (neut. plur. dat.) Listen TO THESE (orders).
his : (neut. his : (masc. plur. dat.) Tell it TO THESE (policemen).
his : (fem. plur. abl) A life is enriched BY THESE (friendships).
his : (masc. plur. abl.) They passed BY THESE (roads).
his : (fem. plur. dat.) She gave her property TO THESE (churches).
quoque : also, too.
labor : hardip, fatigue, distress.
labor : hardship, exertion.
labor : to sink, slip away.
spiritus : breath, breathing /life /spirit.