Ecclesiastes 1:17 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

madness. the opposite of wisdom, as displayed in the loss of self-control; raving with self-conceit. So elsewhere in this book.

folly. infatuation. Hebrew. sakal. See note on- "wisdom", Proverbs 1:2.

vexation, &c. Not the same phrase in Hebrew as in Ecclesiastes 1:14.

Ecclesiastes 1:17

17 And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.