Ecc 1:13, 17 | ESV | STEP | And I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom all that is done under heaven . It is an unhappy business that God has given to the children of man to be busy with.

f[See ver. 14 above]

Ecclesiastes 1:13

13 And I ^aapplied my heart ^{▼▼The Hebrew term denotes the center of one’s inner life, including mind, will, and emotions} to seek and to search out by wisdom all that is done under heaven. It is an unhappy ^cbusiness that God has given to the children of man to be busy with.

Ecclesiastes 1:17

17 And I ^dapplied my heart to know wisdom and to know ^emadness and folly. I perceived that this also is but ^fa striving after wind.