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Ecclesiastes 7:23 Interlinear

“ All this have I proved by wisdom I said I will be wise but it was far ”

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Ecclesiastes 7 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	כָּל	H3605		properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
2	זֹ֖ה	H2090	All this	this or that
3	נִסִּ֣יתִי	H5254	have I proved	to test; by implication, to attempt
4	בַֽחָכְמָ֑ה	H2451	by wisdom	wisdom (in a good sense)
5	אָמַ֣רְתִּי	H559	I said	to say (used with great latitude)
6	אֶחְכָּ֔מָה	H2449	I will be wise	to be wise (in mind, word or act)
7	וְהִ֖יא	H1931		he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
8	רְחוֹקָ֥ה	H7350	but it was far	remote, literally or figuratively, of place or time; specifically, precious; often used adverbially (with preposition)
9	מִמֶּֽנִּי׃	H4480		properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses

Ecclesiastes 7:23 (current) All this have I proved by wisdom I said I will be wise but it was far