H5531B–סִכְלוּת–sikh.lut

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

בְּסִכְל֔וּת (סִכְל֔וּת) sikh.Lut “folly”

I turned myself to consider wisdom, madness, and folly: for what can the king's successor do? Just that which has been done long ago.

וְסִכְל֑וּת (סִכְל֑וּת) sikh.Lut “folly”

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

הַסִּכְל֑וּת (סִּכְל֑וּת) sikh.Lut “folly”

I turned around, and my heart sought to know and to search out, and to seek wisdom and the scheme of things, and to know that wickedness is stupidity, and that foolishness is madness.

וְהַסִּכְל֖וּת (סִּכְל֖וּת) sikh.Lut “folly”

Dead flies cause the oil of the perfumer to send forth an evil odor; so does 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”