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Ecclesiastes 1:17

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I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also was a chasing after wind.

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Verse 17. Errors. Septuagint “parables and science.” But to discern the mistakes of men is a part of wisdom, ( Calmet.) and Grabe substitutes “wanderings,” instead of “parables,” after Theodot. as Hebrew ealluth ( Bible.) means “errors,” ( Calmet.) or “follies.” Mont.

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