Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleI directed my mind to understand, to explore, to search out wisdom and explanations, and to understand the stupidity of wickedness and the folly of madness. Young's Literal Translation I have turned round, also my heart, to know and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and reason, and to know the wrong of folly, and of foolishness the madness. King James Bible I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason [of things], and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness [and] madness: Hebrew Iאֲנִ֤י (’ă·nî) Pronoun - first person common singular Strong's 589: I directed סַבּ֨וֹתִֽי (sab·bō·w·ṯî) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular Strong's 5437: To turn about, go around, surround my mind וְלִבִּי֙ (wə·lib·bî) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre to understand, לָדַ֣עַת (lā·ḏa·‘aṯ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 3045: To know to explore, וְלָת֔וּר (wə·lā·ṯūr) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 8446: To meander, about, for, trade, reconnoitring to search out וּבַקֵּ֥שׁ (ū·ḇaq·qêš) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct Strong's 1245: To search out, to strive after wisdom חָכְמָ֖ה (ḥāḵ·māh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 2451: Wisdom and explanations, וְחֶשְׁבּ֑וֹן (wə·ḥeš·bō·wn) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2808: Contrivance, intelligence and to understand וְלָדַ֙עַת֙ (wə·lā·ḏa·‘aṯ) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 1847: Knowledge the stupidity כֶּ֔סֶל (ke·sel) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3689: Fatness, the loin, the viscera, silliness, trust of wickedness רֶ֣שַׁע (re·ša‘) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 7562: Wickedness and the folly וְהַסִּכְל֖וּת (wə·has·siḵ·lūṯ) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 5531: Silliness of madness. הוֹלֵלֽוֹת׃ (hō·w·lê·lō·wṯ) Noun - feminine plural Strong's 1947: Madness |