Ecclesiastes 1:16
I spoke with my own heart, saying, Lo, I have truly obtained greater and more wisdom than all those who have been before me over Jerusalem: yea, my heart had seen much wisdom and knowledge.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
15What is crooked cannot be made straight; and that which is defective cannot be numbered.
Cross References
1 Kings 3:12Behold, I have done according to thy word; lo, I have given thee a wise and a discerning heart; so that like unto thee there was none before thee, nor after thee shall any one arise like unto thee.
1 Kings 5:9(5:23) My servants shall bring them down from the Lebanon unto the sea: and I will convey them by sea in floats unto the place of which thou wilt send me word, and I will cause them to be taken apart there, and thou shalt take them away; and thou shalt accomplish my desire, in giving the food for my household.
1 Kings 10:23And king Solomon became greater than all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom.
2 Chronicles 1:10Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people; for who could [otherwise] judge this thy great people?
2 Chronicles 9:22And king Solomon became greater than all the kings of the earth for riches and wisdom.
Psalms 77:6(77:7) I call to remembrance my song in the night; with my own heart I reflect: and my spirit maketh diligent search.
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 1:13-18
Vanity of Human Wisdom. 12 I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem. 13 And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith. 14 I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit. 15 That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered. 16 I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am… Read the whole commentary →