Ecclesiastes 7:23 - The Scriptures 2009

All this I have proved by wisdom. I said, “I am wise,” but it was far from me.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

All this have I tried and proved by wisdom. I said, I will be wise [independently of God]–but it was far from me.

American Standard Version (1901)

All this have I proved in wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.

Common English Bible

I tested all of this by wisdom. I thought, I will be wise, but it eluded me.

Catholic Public Domain Version

For your conscience knows that you, too, have repeatedly spoken evil of others.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

For thy conscience knoweth that thou also hast often spoken evil of others.

Ecclesiastes 7:23 Cross References

Genesis 3:5

“For Elohim knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes shall be opened, and you shall be like Elohim, knowing good and evil.”

Ecclesiastes 1:17

And I set my heart to know wisdom – and to know madness and folly. I know that this too is feeding on wind.

Ecclesiastes 3:11

He has made it all, beautiful in its time. Even the ages He has put in their hearts, except that no one finds out the work that Elohim does from beginning to end.

Ecclesiastes 7:22

For you know in your heart that many times you have cursed others.

Ecclesiastes 8:17

then I saw all the work of Elohim, that man is unable to find out the work that has been done under the sun. For though a man labours to seek, yet he does not find it. And even though a wise one claims to know, he is unable to find it.

Romans 1:22

Claiming to be wise, they became fools,

1 Corinthians 1:20

Where is the wise? Where is the scholar? Where is the debater of this age? Has not Elohim made foolish the wisdom of this world?