Ecc 1:17, 2:12 | ESV | STEP | And I applied my heart to know wisdom and to know madness and folly . I perceived that this also is but a striving after wind .

c[See ver. 14 above]

Ecclesiastes 1:17

17 And I ^aapplied my heart to know wisdom and to know ^bmadness and folly. I perceived that this also is but ^ca striving after wind.

12 ^dSo I turned to consider ^ewisdom and madness and folly. For what can the man do who comes after the king? Only ^fwhat has already been done.