Ecclesiastes 1:18
Old Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow."
Word-by-Word Analysis
רַב
rab
abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
רַב
rab
abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
כְּאֵב
kᵉʼêb
suffering (physical or mental), adversity
יָסַף
yâçaph
to add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing)
יָסַף
yâçaph
to add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing)
Key Terms in This Verse
יָסַף yâçaph
to add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing)
Study H3254 →יָסַף yâçaph
to add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing)
Study H3254 →Cross References
And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the LORD, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.
Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself ?
For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.
Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also is vanity.
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