God knows that if you eat the fruit from that tree you will learn about good and evil. And then you will be the same as God!”
Ecclesiastes 7:23 - Easy To Read Version I used my wisdom and thought about all these things. I wanted to be truly wise. But it was impossible. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
God knows that if you eat the fruit from that tree you will learn about good and evil. And then you will be the same as God!”
I decided to learn how wisdom and knowledge are better than thinking foolish things. But I learned that trying to become wise is like trying to catch the wind. {\cf2\super [7]}
God gave us the ability to think about his world. {\cf2\super [16]} But we can never completely understand everything God does. And yet, God does everything at just the right time.
And you know that many times you too have said bad things about other people.
I also saw the many things that God does. And I saw that people can’t understand all the work that God does on earth. A person might try and try to understand, but he can’t. Even if a wise man says he understands the work God does, it is not true. No person can understand all those things.
Where is the wise person? Where is the educated person? Where is the philosopher {\cf2\super [7]} of this time? God has made the wisdom of the world foolish.