24Whatever wisdom may be, it is far off and most profound- who can discover it?


In Context

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.

26 I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a trap and whose hands are chains. The man who pleases God will escape her, but the sinner she will ensnare.

Ecclesiastes 7:24 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:24That which is far off, and exceeding deep, who can find it out?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

7:24Much more than it was: it is a great depth, who shall find it out?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

7:24That which is, is far off and exceeding deep; who can find it out?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:24Whatever hath been, is far off, and exceeding deep: who will find it out?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

7:24That which is is far off, and exceeding deep; who can find it out?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:24That which is far off, and exceedingly deep, who can find it out?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:24That which is, is far off and exceedingly deep. Who can find it out?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

7:24Far off is that which hath been, and deep, deep, who doth find it?

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:24That which is far off, and exceeding deep, who can find it out?