Ecclesiastes 7:24
Far off [is] that which hath been, and deep, deep, who doth find it?
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
That which is far off, and exceeding deep, who can find it out?
In Context
23All this I have tried by wisdom; I have said, 'I am wise,' and it [is] far from me.
Cross References
Job 11:7By searching dost thou find out God? Unto perfection find out the Mighty One?
Job 28:23God hath understood its way, And He hath known its place.
Psalms 36:6Thy righteousness [is] as mountains of God, Thy judgments [are] a great deep. Man and beast Thou savest, O Jehovah.
Isaiah 55:8For not My thoughts [are] your thoughts, Nor your ways My ways, — an affirmation of Jehovah,
1 Timothy 6:16who only is having immortality, dwelling in light unapproachable, whom no one of men did see, nor is able to see, to whom [is] honour and might age-during! 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 →