I turned about, and my heart was set to know and to search out, and to seek wisdom and the reason of things, and to know that wickedness is folly, and that foolishness is madness.

I gave my mind to knowledge and to searching for wisdom and the reason of things, and to the discovery that sin is foolish, and that to be foolish is to be without one's senses.

Εγω περιηλθον εν τη καρδια μου δια να μαθω και να ανιχνευσω, και να εκζητησω σοφιαν και τον λογον των πραγματων, και να γνωρισω την ασεβειαν της αφροσυνης και την ηλιθιοτητα της ανοησιας.

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: