New Living Translation

Ecclesiastes 1:16-18 New Living Translation (NLT)

16. I said to myself, “Look, I am wiser than any of the kings who ruled in Jerusalem before me. I have greater wisdom and knowledge than any of them.”

17. 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.

18. The greater my wisdom, the greater my grief.To increase knowledge only increases sorrow.