¹⁷ And I set my heart to know wisdom and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also is grasping for the wind.

¹⁷ And I give my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I have known that even this 'is' vexation of spirit;

¹⁷ 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.

¹⁷ So I set out to learn everything from wisdom to madness and folly. But I learned firsthand that pursuing all this is like chasing the wind.

¹⁷ And I set my [1]mind to know wisdom and to know madness and folly ; I realized that this also is striving after wind .