Ecclesiastes 7:24

yea and so deepe, that I might not reache vnto her.

Bible (Bishops')

In The King James Version

That which is far off, and exceeding deep, who can find it out?

In Context

23All these thinges haue I proued in wysdome, for I thought to be wyse, but she went farther from me then she was before:

25I applied my minde also vnto knowledge, and to seeke and searche out science, wysdome, and vnderstanding, to knowe the foolishnesse of the vngodly, and the errour of doting fooles.

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Cross References

Isaiah 55:8For thus saith ye Lord: My thoughtes are not your thoughtes, & your wayes are not my wayes.

Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 7:24-29

The Evil of Sin. 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: 26 And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by… Read the whole commentary →

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