BSB
So I set my mind to know wisdom and madness and folly; I learned that this, too, is a pursuit of the wind.
AKJV
And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.
CPDV
And I have dedicated my heart, so that I may know prudence and doctrine, and also error and foolishness. Yet I recognize that, in these things also, there is hardship, and affliction of the spirit.
ERV
And I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also was a striving after wind.
NHEB
I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also was a chasing after wind.
SMT
And I will give my heart to know wisdom, and the knowledge of praise and understanding: I knew this also it is the striving of the spirit.