Ecclesiastes 7:24 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁴ That which is, is far off, and deep, very deep; who can find it out?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁴ That which is far off, and exceeding deep, who can find it out?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁴ That which is is far off, and that which is deep is very deep–who can find it out [true wisdom independent of the fear of God]? [Job 28:12-28; I Cor. 2:9-16.]

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁴ That which is, is far off and exceeding deep; who can find it out?

Common English Bible

²⁴ All that happens is elusive and utterly unfathomable. Who can grasp it?

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁴ I have tested everything in wisdom. I have said: "I will be wise." And wisdom withdrew farther from me,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁴ I have tried all things in wisdom. I have said: I will be wise: and it departed farther from me,

Ecclesiastes 7:24 Cross References

Job 28:28

And he said to humankind, ‘Truly, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.’ ”

Job 37:23

The Almighty—we cannot find him; he is great in power and justice, and abundant righteousness he will not violate.

Psalm 139:6

Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is so high that I cannot attain it.

Psalm 36:6

Your righteousness is like the mighty mountains; your judgments are like the great deep; you save humans and animals alike, O Lord.

Ecclesiastes 8:17

then I saw all the work of God, that no one can find out what is happening under the sun. However much they may toil in seeking, they will not find it out; even though those who are wise claim to know, they cannot find it out.

Romans 11:33

O the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways!

1 Timothy 6:16

It is he alone who has immortality and dwells in unapproachable light, whom no one has ever seen or can see; to him be honor and eternal dominion. Amen.