Ecclesiastes 7:23 - Hebrew Names version (HNV)

All this have I proved in wisdom. I said, *I will be 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 Tagairtí Cros

Genesis 3:5

for God knows that in the day you eat it, your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.*

Ecclesiastes 1:17

I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also was a chasing after wind.

Ecclesiastes 3:11

He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in their hearts, yet so that man can't find out the work that God has done from the beginning even to the end.

Ecclesiastes 7:22

for often your own heart knows that you yourself have likewise cursed others.

Ecclesiastes 8:17

then I saw all the work of God, that man can't find out the work that is done under the sun, because however much a man labors to seek it out, yet he won't find it. Yes even though a wise man thinks he can comprehend it, he won't be able to find it.

Romans 1:22

Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,

1 Corinthians 1:20

Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the Torah scholar of this world? Hasn't God made foolish the wisdom of this world?