Ecclesiastes · קֹהֶלֶת

Ecclesiastes 7:25

סַבּ֤וֹתִי אֲנִי֙ וְלִבִּ֔י לָדַ֖עַת וְלָת֣וּר וּבַקֵּ֣שׁ חָכְמָ֑ה וְחֶשְׁב֕וֹן וְלָדַ֥עַת רֶ֛שַׁע כֶּ֥סֶל וְהַסִּכְל֖וּת הוֹלֵלֽוֹת׃
sabvotiy ʾaniy vlibiy ladaʿat vlatvr vbaqesh ḥakmah vḥeshbvon vladaʿat reshaʿ kesel vhasiklvt hvolelvot
King James Version (KJV)

I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness:

Modern English

I turned my heart to know and to search out and to seek wisdom and the scheme of things, and to know the wickedness of folly and the foolishness that is madness.

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