Ecclesiastes 7:23-25
Holman Christian Standard Bible
What the Teacher Found
23 I have tested all this by wisdom. I resolved, “I will be wise,” but it was beyond me. 24 What exists is beyond reach and very deep.(A) Who can discover it? 25 I turned my thoughts to know, explore, and seek wisdom(B) and an explanation for things, and to know that wickedness is stupidity and folly is madness.
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Ecclesiastes 7:23-25
King James Version
23 All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.
24 That which is far off, and exceeding deep, who can find it out?
25 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:
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Ecclesiastes 7:23-25
New King James Version
23 All this I have [a]proved by wisdom.
(A)I said, “I will be wise”;
But it was far from me.
24 (B)As for that which is far off and (C)exceedingly deep,
Who can find it out?
25 (D)I applied my heart to know,
To search and seek out wisdom and the reason of things,
To know the wickedness of folly,
Even of foolishness and madness.
Footnotes
- Ecclesiastes 7:23 tested
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