23All this have I tried by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.


In Context

20 Surely there is not a righteous man upon earth, that doeth good and sinneth not.

21 Also give not heed unto all words that are spoken, lest thou hear thy servant curse thee.

22 For also thine own heart knoweth that oftentimes thou thyself likewise hast cursed others.

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

24 Whatever hath been, is far off, and exceeding deep: who will find it out?

25 I turned, I and my heart, to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom and reason, and to know wickedness to be folly, and foolishness to be madness;

Ecclesiastes 7:23 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:23All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it [was] far from me.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

7:23All this I tested by wisdom and I said, "I am determined to be wise"- but this was beyond me.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

7:23I have tried all things in wisdom. I have said: I will be wise: and it departed farther from me,

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

7:23All this have I proved in wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

7:23All this have I proved in wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:23All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:23All this have I proved in wisdom. I said, |I will be wise;| but it was far from me.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

7:23All this I have tried by wisdom; I have said, 'I am wise,' and it is far from me.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:23All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.