Ecclesiastes 7:24
What exists is out of reach and very deep. Who can fathom it?
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
That which is far off, and exceeding deep, who can find it out?
In Context
23All this I tested by wisdom, saying, “I resolve to be wise.” But it was beyond me.
Cross References
Job 11:7Can you fathom the deep things of God or discover the limits of the Almighty?
Job 28:23But God understands its way, and He knows its place.
Psalms 36:6Your righteousness is like the highest mountains; Your judgments are like the deepest sea. O LORD, You preserve man and beast.
Isaiah 55:8“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways,” declares the LORD.
1 Timothy 6:16He alone is immortal and dwells in unapproachable light. No one has ever seen Him, nor can anyone see Him. To Him be honor and eternal dominion! Amen.
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 →