23All this have I proved in wisdom. I said, |I will be wise;| but it was far from me.
23All this have I proved in wisdom. I said, |I will be wise;| but it was far from me.
20 Surely there is not a righteous man on earth, who does good and doesn't sin.
21 Also don't take heed to all words that are spoken, lest you hear your servant curse you;
22 for often your own heart knows that you yourself have likewise cursed others.
23 All this have I proved in wisdom. I said, |I will be wise;| but it was far from me.
24 That which is, is far off and exceedingly deep. Who can find it out?
25 I turned around, and my heart sought to know and to search out, and to seek wisdom and the scheme of things, and to know that wickedness is stupidity, and that foolishness is 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 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 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.