Ecclesiastes 1:18
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Because in much wisdom there is much indignation: and he that addeth knowledge, addeth also labour.

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Ecclesiastes 2:15 And I said in my heart: If the death of the fool and mine shall be one, what doth it avail me, that I have applied myself more to the study of wisdom? And speaking with my own mind, I perceived that this also was vanity.

Ecclesiastes 7:16 Be not over just: and be not more wise than is necessary, lest thou become stupid.

Ecclesiastes 12:12,13 More than these, my son, require not. Of making many books there is no end: and much study is an affliction of the flesh. . . .

Job 28:28 And he said to man: Behold the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom: and to depart from evil, is understanding.

1 Corinthians 3:18-20 Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seem to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise. . . .

James 3:13-17 Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge, among you? Let him shew, by a good contestation, his work in the meekness of wisdom. . . .

Context
With Wisdom Comes Sorrow
17And I have given my heart to know prudence, and learning, and errors, and folly: and I have perceived that in these also there was labour, and vexation of spirit, 18Because in much wisdom there is much indignation: and he that addeth knowledge, addeth also labour.
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 2:23
All his days are full of sorrows and miseries, even in the night he doth not rest in mind: and is not this vanity?

Ecclesiastes 12:12
More than these, my son, require not. Of making many books there is no end: and much study is an affliction of the flesh.

Lexicon
For
כִּ֛י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

with much
בְּרֹ֥ב (bə·rōḇ)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 7230: Multitude, abundance, greatness

wisdom
חָכְמָ֖ה (ḥāḵ·māh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2451: Wisdom

comes much
רָב־ (rāḇ-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 7227: Much, many, great

sorrow,
כָּ֑עַס (kā·‘as)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3708: Vexation, anger

and as knowledge
דַּ֖עַת (da·‘aṯ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1847: Knowledge

grows,
וְיוֹסִ֥יף (wə·yō·w·sîp̄)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3254: To add, augment

grief
מַכְאֽוֹב׃ (maḵ·’ō·wḇ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4341: Anguish, affliction

increases.
יוֹסִ֥יף (yō·w·sîp̄)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3254: To add, augment


Additional Translations
For with much wisdom comes much sorrow, and as knowledge grows, grief increases.For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increases knowledge increases sorrow.

For in much wisdom is much grief; and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.

For in the abundance of wisdom is abundance of knowledge; and he that increases knowledge will increase sorrow.

For in much wisdom is much vexation, and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.

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.

For in much wisdom is much grief; and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.

for, in abundance of wisdom is abundance of sadness, and he who addeth knowledge addeth pain.'
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