H5531B–סִכְלוּת–sikh.lut

I searched in my heart how to cheer my flesh with wine, my heart yet guiding [supplied: me] with wisdom, and how to lay hold on folly, till I might see what it was good for the sons of men that they should do under heaven all the days of their life.

בְּסִכְל֔וּת (סִכְל֔וּת) sikh.Lut “folly”

And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what [supplied: can] the man [supplied: do] that cometh after the king? [supplied: even] that which hath been done long ago.

וְסִכְל֑וּת (סִכְל֑וּת) sikh.Lut “folly”

Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.

הַסִּכְל֑וּת (סִּכְל֑וּת) sikh.Lut “folly”

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

וְהַסִּכְל֖וּת (סִּכְל֖וּת) sikh.Lut “folly”

Dead flies cause the oil of the perfumer to send forth an evil odor; [supplied: so] doth a little folly outweigh wisdom and honor.

סִכְל֥וּת sikh.Lut “folly”

The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness; and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.

סִכְל֑וּת sikh.Lut “[is] folly”