Ecclesiastes 1:16 - The Scriptures 1998

¹⁶ So I spoke to my heart, saying, “See, I have attained greatness, and have gained more wisdom than all who were before me in Yerushalayim. And my heart has seen much wisdom and knowledge.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all they that have been before me in Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ I entered into counsel with my own mind, saying, Behold, I have acquired great [human] wisdom, yes, more than all who have been over Jerusalem before me; and my mind has had great experience of [moral] wisdom and [scientific] knowledge.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I have gotten me great wisdom above all that were before me in Jerusalem; yea, my heart hath had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ I said to myself, Look here, I have grown much wiser than any who ruled over Jerusalem before me. My mind has absorbed great wisdom and knowledge.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ I have spoken in my heart, saying: "Behold, I have achieved greatness, and I have surpassed all the wise who were before me in Jerusalem." And my mind has contemplated many things wisely, and I have learned.

Ecclesiastes 1:16 Cross References

1 Kings 10:7

“But I did not believe the words until I came and saw with my own eyes. And see, I have not been told the half! Your wisdom and prosperity exceed the report which I heard.

1 Kings 4:30

And Shelomoh’s wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the men of the East and all the wisdom of Mitsrayim.

1 Kings 5:9

“Let my servants bring them down from Leḇ

2 Kings 5:20

But Gĕ

2 Chronicles 2:12

And Ḥ

Psalm 4:4

Tremble, and do not sin. Speak within your heart on your bed, and be still. Selah.

Psalm 77:6

I remember my song in the night, I meditate within my heart, And my spirit searches diligently.

Ecclesiastes 2:1

I said in my heart, “Come now, let me try you with rejoicing and find out what is good.” But see, that too was futile.

Ecclesiastes 2:15

And I said in my heart, “As the event of the fool, even so it befalls me, and why was I then more wise?” Then I said in my heart, “This also is futile.”

Ecclesiastes 2:9

Thus I became great and increased more than all who were before me in Yerushalayim. Also my wisdom remained with me.

Ecclesiastes 3:17

I said in my heart, “Elohim judges the righteous and the wrong, for there is a time for every matter and for every work.”

Jeremiah 22:14

who says, ‘I am going to build myself a wide house with spacious rooms, and cut out windows for it, panelling it with cedar and painting it in red.’

Daniel 4:30

The sovereign spoke and said, “Is not this great Baḇ

Hebrews 5:14

But solid food is for the mature whose senses have been trained by practice to discern both good and evil.