Ecclesiastes 7:23 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

I used wisdom to test all of this. I said, "I want to be wise, but it is out of my reach."(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.

ASV:

All this have I proved in wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.

BBE:

All this I have put to the test by wisdom; I said, I will be wise, but it was far from me.

DBY:

All this have I tried by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.

ERV:

All this have I proved in wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.

JPS:

All this have I tried by wisdom; I said: 'I will get wisdom'; but it was far from me.

WBS:

All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.

WEB:

All this have I proved in wisdom. I said, "I will be wise;" but it was far from me.

YLT:

All this I have tried by wisdom; I have said, 'I am wise,' and it is far from me.

Ecclesiastes 7:23 Cross References

XREF:

Ecclesiastes 3:11 He has made everything appropriate in its time. He has also set eternity in their heart, yet so that man will not find out the work which God has done from the beginning even to the end.

Ecclesiastes 8:17 and I saw every work of God, I concluded that man cannot discover the work which has been done under the sun. Even though man should seek laboriously, he will not discover; and though the wise man should say, "I know," he cannot discover. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

WES:

7:23 Proved - I have found to be true, by the help of that singular wisdom which God had given me. I said - I determined that I would attain perfection of wisdom. But - I found myself greatly disappointed.

MHC:

7:23-29 Solomon, in his search into the nature and reason of things, had been miserably deluded. But he here speaks with godly sorrow. He alone who constantly aims to please God, can expect to escape; the careless sinner probably will fall to rise no more. He now discovered more than ever the evil of the great sin of which he had been guilty, the loving many strange women,

CONC:

Beyond Determined Proved Test Tested Tried Wisdom Wise

Determined Far Proved Test Tested Tried Wisdom Wise

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