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In much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. — Ecclesiastes 1:18

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In much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.

In the original Hebrew

כִּ֛י בְּרֹ֥ב חָכְמָ֖ה רָב־כָּ֑עַס וְיֹוסִ֥יף דַּ֖עַת יֹוסִ֥יף מַכְאֹֽוב׃

Ecclesiastes 1:18
931 BC
★ 1.3
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KnowledgeWisdom
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Religious literature
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Scripture
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931 BCOld Testament Era
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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Ecclesiastes 1:18).

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