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Ecclesiastes 7:23-25
New American Standard Bible
Ecclesiastes 7:23-25
New American Standard Bible
23 I tested all this with wisdom, and I said, “I will be wise,” (A)but wisdom was far from me. 24 What has been is remote and (B)very [a]mysterious. (C)Who can discover it? 25 I [b](D)directed my [c]mind to know and to investigate, and to seek wisdom and an explanation, and to know the evil of foolishness and the foolishness of insanity.
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- Ecclesiastes 7:24 Lit deep
- Ecclesiastes 7:25 Lit turned about
- Ecclesiastes 7:25 Lit heart
Ecclesiastes 7:23-25
New International Version
Ecclesiastes 7:23-25
New International Version
23 All this I tested by wisdom and I said,
“I am determined to be wise”(A)—
but this was beyond me.
24 Whatever exists is far off and most profound—
who can discover it?(B)
25 So I turned my mind to understand,
to investigate and to search out wisdom and the scheme of things(C)
and to understand the stupidity of wickedness
and the madness of folly.(D)
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