Ecclesiastes 7:24
That which is is far off, and exceeding deep; who can find it out?
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
That which is far off, and exceeding deep, who can find it out?
In Context
23All this have I tried by wisdom; I said: 'I will get wisdom'; but it was far from me.
Cross References
Job 11:7Canst thou find out the deep things of God? Canst thou attain unto the purpose of the Almighty?
Job 28:23God understandeth the way thereof, and He knoweth the place thereof.
Psalms 36:6(36-7) Thy righteousness is like the mighty mountains; Thy judgments are like the great deep; man and beast Thou preservest, O LORD.
Isaiah 55:8For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways, saith the LORD.
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 →