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Ecclesiastes 7

Eccl. 7:23 KJV (With Strong’s)

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All this
zoh (Hebrew #2090)
this or that
KJV usage: as well as another, it, this, that, thus and thus.
Pronounce: zo
Origin: for 2088
have I proved
nacah (Hebrew #5254)
to test; by implication, to attempt
KJV usage: adventure, assay, prove, tempt, try.
Pronounce: naw-saw'
Origin: a primitive root
by wisdom
chokmah (Hebrew #2451)
wisdom (in a good sense)
KJV usage: skilful, wisdom, wisely, wit.
Pronounce: khok-maw'
Origin: from 2449
: Ip said
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
, I will be wise
chakam (Hebrew #2449)
a primitive root, to be wise (in mind, word or act)
KJV usage: X exceeding, teach wisdom, be (make self, shew self) wise, deal (never so) wisely, make wiser.
Pronounce: khaw-kam'
; but it was far
rachowq (Hebrew #7350)
from 7368; remote, literally or figuratively, of place or time; specifically, precious; often used adverbially (with preposition)
KJV usage: (a-)far (abroad, off), long ago, of old, space, great while to come.
Pronounce: raw-khoke'
Origin: or rachoq {raw-khoke'}
from me.
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Rom. 1:22• 22Professing to be wise, they became fools, (Rom. 1:22)
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1 Cor. 1:20• 20Where [is the] wise? where scribe? where disputer of this age? Hath not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? (1 Cor. 1:20)

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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I said.
Gen. 3:5• 5for God doth know that, in the day ye eat of it, your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as God, knowing good and evil. (Gen. 3:5)
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1 Kings 3:11‑12• 11And God said to him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself long life, neither hast asked riches for thyself, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies, but hast asked for thyself discernment to understand judgment;
 12behold, I have done according to thy word: behold, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart, so that there hath been none like unto thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee. (1 Kings 3:11‑12)
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1 Kings 11:1‑8• 1But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites;
 2of the nations of which Jehovah had said to the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in to you; they would certainly turn away your heart after their gods: to these Solomon was attached in love.
 3And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned away his heart.
 4For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with Jehovah his God, as was the heart of David his father.
 5For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
 6And Solomon did evil in the sight of Jehovah, and went not fully after Jehovah, as did David his father.
 7Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the hill that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of the children of Ammon.
 8And likewise did he for all his strange wives, which burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods. (1 Kings 11:1‑8)
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Rom. 1:22• 22Professing to be wise, they became fools, (Rom. 1:22)
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1 Cor. 1:20• 20Where [is the] wise? where scribe? where disputer of this age? Hath not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? (1 Cor. 1:20)
• {v.23-29} See in the next few verses that clear, cold, true, reason of his, confessing the narrow limits of its powers, and yet the whole soul longs, as if it would burst all bars to attain to that which shall solve its perplexity “Thus far have I attained by wisdom,” he says, “and yet still I cry for wisdom. I see far off the place where earth can reach and touch the heavens; but when, by weary toil and labor, I reach that spot, those heavens are as illimitably high above me as ever, and an equally long journey lies between me and the horizon where they meet. Oh, that I might be wise; but it was far from me.” (“Ecclesiastes 7” by F.C. Jennings)

J. N. Darby Translation

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All this have I tried by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.

W. Kelly Translation

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All this have I proved in wisdom:{HR}I said, I will be wise;{HR}But it [was] far from me.