Ecclesiastes 7:23
כָּל ־ זֹה נִסִּיתִי בַֽחָכְמָה אָמַרְתִּי אֶחְכָּמָה וְהִיא רְחוֹקָה מִמֶּֽנִּי ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.
In Context
22כִּי גַּם ־ פְּעָמִים רַבּוֹת יָדַע לִבֶּךָ אֲשֶׁר גַּם ־ את קִלַּלְתָּ אֲחֵרִֽים ׃
24רָחוֹק מַה ־ שֶּׁהָיָה וְעָמֹק ׀ עָמֹק מִי יִמְצָאֶֽנּוּ ׃
Cross References
1 Kings 3:11וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים אֵלָיו יַעַן אֲשֶׁר שָׁאַלְתָּ אֶת ־ הַדָּבָר הַזֶּה וְלֹֽא ־ שָׁאַלְתָּ לְּךָ יָמִים רַבִּים וְלֹֽא ־ שָׁאַלְתָּ לְּךָ עֹשֶׁר וְלֹא שָׁאַלְתָּ נֶפֶשׁ אֹיְבֶיךָ וְשָׁאַלְתָּ לְּךָ הָבִין לִשְׁמֹעַ מִשְׁפָּֽט ׃
Ecclesiastes 1:17וָאֶתְּנָה לִבִּי לָדַעַת חָכְמָה וְדַעַת הוֹלֵלוֹת וְשִׂכְלוּת יָדַעְתִּי שֶׁגַּם ־ זֶה הוּא רַעְיוֹן רֽוּחַ ׃
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 7:12-23
The Advantages of Wisdom. 11 Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun. 12 For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it. 13 Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked? 14 In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him.… Read the whole commentary →