Ecclesiastes 1:16
I thought in mine heart, and said, Behold, I am become great, and excell in wisdome all them that haue bene before me in Ierusalem: and mine heart hath seene much wisedome and knowledge.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
15That which is crooked, can none make straight: and that which faileth, cannot be nombred.
Cross References
1 Kings 3:12Beholde, I haue done according to thy wordes: lo, I haue giuen thee a wise and an vnderstanding heart, so that there hath bene none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall arise the like vnto thee.
1 Kings 5:9My seruants shall bring them downe from Lebanon to the sea: and I will conuey them by sea in raftes vnto the place that thou shalt shew me, and wil cause them to be discharged there, and thou shalt receiue them: nowe thou shalt doe mee a pleasure to minister foode for my familie.
1 Kings 10:23So King Salomon exceeded all the kings of the earth both in riches and in wisedome.
2 Chronicles 1:10Giue me now wisdome and knowledge, that I may go out and go in before this people: for who can iudge this thy great people?
2 Chronicles 9:22So King Salomon excelled all the Kings of the earth in riches and wisedome.
Psalms 77:6I called to remembrance my song in the night: I communed with mine owne heart, and my spirit searched diligently.
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 →