Ecclesiastes 1:16
Spake, I, in my heart, saying, As for me, lo! I have become great, and have gathered wisdom, beyond any one who hath been before me over Jerusalem,—and, my heart, hath seen much wisdom and knowledge:
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
15That which is crooked, cannot be straight,—and, that which is wanting, cannot be reckoned.
Cross References
1 Kings 3:12lo! I have done according to thy word,—lo! I have given unto thee a wise and discerning heart, so that, like thee, hath been none, before thee, and, after thee, shall rise up none, like thee.
1 Kings 5:9My servants, shall bring them down out of Lebanon unto the sea, and, I, will put them in rafts on the sea, unto the place of which thou shalt send me word, and will cause them to be discharged there, and, thou, shalt receive them, and, thou, shalt do my desire, by giving food for my household.
1 Kings 10:23So King Solomon became greater than any of the kings of the earth,—for riches and for wisdom.
2 Chronicles 1:10Now, wisdom and knowledge, give thou unto me, that I may go out before this people, and may come in,—for who can judge this thy people, that is so great?
2 Chronicles 9:22And so King Solomon became greater than all the kings of the earth,—as to riches, and wisdom.
Psalms 77:6I remember my song in the night,—With my own heart, I commune, And my spirit, maketh search:—
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 →