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


In Context

20 Because there is not a righteous man on earth that doth good and sinneth not.

21 Also to all the words that they speak give not thy heart, that thou hear not thy servant reviling thee.

22 For many times also hath thy heart known that thou thyself also hast reviled others.

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

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

25 I have turned round, also my heart, to know and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and reason, and to know the wrong of folly, and of foolishness the 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:23All this have I tried by 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 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.