King James Version
Ecclesiastes 7:23 in the King James Version says “All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.” — study this verse from Ecclesiastes chapter 7 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.”
Ecclesiastes 7:23 · KJV
Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee: take: Heb. give not thine heart
For oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou thyself likewise hast cursed others.
All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.
That which is far off, and exceeding deep, who can find it out?
I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness: I applied: Heb. I and mine heart compassed
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
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
“but it was far”
H7350remote, literally or figuratively, of place or time; specifically, precious; often used adverbially (with preposition)
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