23All this have I tried by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.
23All this have I tried by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.
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;
7:23All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it [was] far from me.
7:23All this I tested by wisdom and I said, "I am determined to be wise"- but this was beyond me.
7:23I have tried all things in wisdom. I have said: I will be wise: and it departed farther from me,
7:23All this have I proved in wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.
7:23All this have I proved in wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.
7:23All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.
7:23All this have I proved in wisdom. I said, |I will be wise;| but it was far from me.
7:23All this I have tried by wisdom; I have said, 'I am wise,' and it is far from me.
7:23All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.