For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.
In much wisdom (is) much grief; and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow - not in general; for wisdom, etc., are most excellent in their place; but speculative knowledge of man's ways (Ecclesiastes 1:13; Ecclesiastes 1:17), which, the further it goes, gives one, the more pain to find how "crooked" and "wanting" they are (Ecclesiastes 1:15; Ecclesiastes 12:12).