Ecclesiastes 7:24
That which is far beyond what was, 1 And a great depth, who shall find it out? 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
That which is far off, and exceeding deep, who can find it out?
In Context
23All these things have I proved in wisdom: 1 I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me. 1
Cross References
Job 11:7Wilt thou find out the traces of the Lord? 1 Or hast thou come to the end of that which the Almighty has made? 1
Job 28:23God has well ordered the way of it, 1 And he knows the place of it. 1
Psalms 36:6And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, 1 And thy judgment as the noonday. 1
Isaiah 55:8For my counsels are not as your counsels, nor are my ways as your 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 →