23All this I tested by wisdom and I said, "I am determined to be wise"- but this was beyond me.
23All this I tested by wisdom and I said, "I am determined to be wise"- but this was beyond me.
20 There is not a righteous man on earth who does what is right and never sins.
21 Do not pay attention to every word people say, or you may hear your servant cursing you-
22 for you know in your heart that many times you yourself have cursed others.
23 All this I tested by wisdom and I said, "I am determined to be wise"- but this was beyond me.
24 Whatever wisdom may be, it is far off and most profound- who can discover it?
25 So I turned my mind to understand, to investigate and to search out wisdom and the scheme of things and to understand the stupidity of wickedness and the madness of folly.
7:23All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it [was] far from 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 tried 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 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.