Ecclesiastes 7:24
That which is, is far off and exceedingly deep. Who can find it out?
World English Bible Classic
In The King James Version
That which is far off, and exceeding deep, who can find it out?
In Context
23All this I have proved in wisdom. I said, “I will be wise;” but it was far from me.
Cross References
Job 11:7“Can you fathom the mystery of God? Or can you probe the limits of the Almighty?
Job 28:23“God understands its way, and he knows its place.
Psalms 36:6Your righteousness is like the mountains of God. Your judgments are like a great deep. LORD, you preserve man and animal.
Isaiah 55:8“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, and your ways are not my ways,” says the LORD.
1 Timothy 6:16He alone has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light, whom no man has seen nor can see, to whom be honor and eternal power. 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 →