Ecclesiastes 1:16

I spak in myn herte, and Y seide, Lo! Y am made greet, and Y passide in wisdom alle men, that weren bifore me in Jerusalem; and my soule siy many thingis wiseli, and Y lernede.

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In The King James Version

I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all they that have been before me in Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.

In Context

15Weiward men ben amendid of hard; and the noumbre of foolis is greet with outen ende.

17And Y yaf myn herte, that Y schulde knowe prudence and doctryn, and errours and foli. And Y knew that in these thingis also was trauel and turment of spirit;

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Cross References

1 Kings 3:12Y haue do to thee vpe thi wordis, and Y haue youe to thee a wyse herte and vndirstondynge, in so myche that no man bifor thee was lijk thee, nether schal rise aftir thee.

1 Kings 5:9My seruauntis schulen putte doun tho trees fro the Liban to the see, and Y schal araye tho trees in schippis in the see, `til to the place which thou schalt signyfie to me; and Y schal dresse tho there, that thou take tho; and thou schalt yyue necessaries to me, that mete be youun to myn hows.

1 Kings 10:23Therfor kyng Salomon was magnified aboue alle kyngis of erthe in richessis and wisdom.

2 Chronicles 1:10Yiue thou to me wisdom and vndurstondyng, that Y go in and go out bifor thi puple; for who may deme worthili this thi puple, which is so greet?

2 Chronicles 9:22Therfor kyng Salomon was magnyfied ouer alle kyngis of erthe for richessis and glorie.

Psalms 77:6that another generacioun knowe. Sones, that schulen be born, and schulen rise vp; schulen telle out to her sones.

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