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Ecclesiastes 1

Eccl. 1:18 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Fora in much
rob (Hebrew #7230)
abundance (in any respect)
KJV usage: abundance(- antly), all, X common (sort), excellent, great(-ly, -ness, number), huge, be increased, long, many, more in number, most, much, multitude, plenty(-ifully), X very (age).
Pronounce: robe
Origin: from 7231
wisdom
chokmah (Hebrew #2451)
wisdom (in a good sense)
KJV usage: skilful, wisdom, wisely, wit.
Pronounce: khok-maw'
Origin: from 2449
is much
rob (Hebrew #7230)
abundance (in any respect)
KJV usage: abundance(- antly), all, X common (sort), excellent, great(-ly, -ness, number), huge, be increased, long, many, more in number, most, much, multitude, plenty(-ifully), X very (age).
Pronounce: robe
Origin: from 7231
grief
ka`ac (Hebrew #3708)
or (in Job) kaoas {kah'-as}; from 3707; vexation: -anger, angry, grief, indignation, provocation, provoking, X sore, sorrow, spite, wrath.
Pronounce: kah'-as
: and he that increaseth
yacaph (Hebrew #3254)
to add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing)
KJV usage: add, X again, X any more, X cease, X come more, + conceive again, continue, exceed, X further, X gather together, get more, give more-over, X henceforth, increase (more and more), join, X longer (bring, do, make, much, put), X (the, much, yet) more (and more), proceed (further), prolong, put, be (strong-) er, X yet, yield.
Pronounce: yaw-saf'
Origin: a primitive root
knowledge
da`ath (Hebrew #1847)
knowledge
KJV usage: cunning, (ig-)norantly, know(-ledge), (un-)awares (wittingly).
Pronounce: dah'-ath
Origin: from 3045
increaseth
yacaph (Hebrew #3254)
to add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing)
KJV usage: add, X again, X any more, X cease, X come more, + conceive again, continue, exceed, X further, X gather together, get more, give more-over, X henceforth, increase (more and more), join, X longer (bring, do, make, much, put), X (the, much, yet) more (and more), proceed (further), prolong, put, be (strong-) er, X yet, yield.
Pronounce: yaw-saf'
Origin: a primitive root
sorrow
mak'ob (Hebrew #4341)
also (feminine Isaiah 53:3) makfobah {mak-o-baw'}; from 3510; anguish or (figuratively) affliction
KJV usage: grief, pain, sorrow.
Pronounce: mak-obe'
Origin: sometimes makcowb {mak-obe'}
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Eccl. 12:12• 12And further, my son, be admonished by them;{HR}Of making many books [there is] no end;{HR}And much study [is] a weariness of the flesh. (Eccl. 12:12)

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Eccl. 2:15• 15Then said I in my heart,{HR}As it happeneth to the fool,{HR}So will it happen even to me;{HR}And why was I then more wise?{HR}Then I said in my heart,{HR}That this also [was] vanity. (Eccl. 2:15)
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Eccl. 7:16• 16Be not righteous overmuch;{HR}Neither make thyself over-wise:{HR}Why shouldest thou destroy thyself? (Eccl. 7:16)
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Eccl. 12:12‑13• 12And further, my son, be admonished by them;{HR}Of making many books [there is] no end;{HR}And much study [is] a weariness of the flesh.
 13[This is] the end of the matter;{HR}All hath been heard:{HR}Fear God, and keep His commandments;{HR}For this [is] the whole [duty] of man. (Eccl. 12:12‑13)
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Job 28:28• 28And unto man he said,{HR}Behold, the fear of the Lord, that [is] wisdom,{HR}And to depart from evil understanding. (Job 28:28)
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1 Cor. 3:18‑20• 18Let none deceive himself; if anyone thinketh himself to be wise among you in this age, let him become foolish that he may be wise.
 19For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God; for it is written, He that taketh the wise in their craftiness;
 20and again, [The] Lord knoweth the reasonings of the wise that they are vain. (1 Cor. 3:18‑20)
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James 3:13‑17• 13Who [is] wise and understanding among you? Let him show out of his good conduct his works in meekness of wisdom.
 14But if ye have bitter emulation and faction in your heart, do not boast and lie against the truth.
 15This wisdom is not descending from above, but earthly, natural, demoniacal.
 16For where envying and faction [are], there disorder [is] and every bad deed.
 17But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, uncontentious, impartial. (James 3:13‑17)
• “Grief and sorrow” ever growing, ever increasing, the further he treads that attractive and comparatively elevated path of human wisdom. (“Ecclesiastes 1: Old Groans and New Songs” by F.C. Jennings)
• (2 Peter 1:2). Blessed contrast! “Sorrow and grief” multiplied through growth in human wisdom: “Grace and peace “multiplied through growth in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord! (“Ecclesiastes 1: Old Groans and New Songs” by F.C. Jennings)

J. N. Darby Translation

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For in much wisdom is much vexation, and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.

W. Kelly Translation

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For in much wisdom [is] much grief:{HR}And he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.