Ecclesiastes 1:16 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹⁶ I said to myself, ‘See, I have amassed wisdom far beyond all those who were over Jerusalem before me,  and my mind has thoroughly grasped  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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ I have spoken in my heart, saying: Behold I am become great, and have gone beyond all in wisdom, that were before me in Jerusalem: and my mind hath contemplated many things wisely, and I have learned.

Ecclesiastes 1:16 Tagairtí Cros

1 Kings 10:7

But I didn’t believe the reports until I came and saw with my own eyes. Indeed, I was not even told half. Your wisdom and prosperity far exceed the report I heard.

1 Kings 4:30

Solomon’s wisdom was greater than the wisdom of all the people of the East,  greater than all the wisdom of Egypt.

1 Kings 5:9

My servants will bring the logs down from Lebanon to the sea, and I will make them into rafts to go by sea to the place you indicate. I will break them apart there, and you can take them away. You then can meet my needs by providing my household with food.’

2 Kings 5:20

Gehazi,  the attendant of Elisha the man of God, thought, ‘My master has let this Aramean Naaman off lightly by not accepting from him what he brought. As the Lord lives,  I will run after him and get something from him.’

2 Chronicles 2:12

Hiram also said: Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, who made the heavens and the earth!  He gave King David a wise son with insight and understanding,  who will build a temple for the Lord and a royal palace for himself.

Ecclesiastes 2:1

I said to myself, ‘Go ahead, I will test you with pleasure;  enjoy what is good.’ But it turned out to be futile.

Ecclesiastes 2:15

So I said to myself, ‘What happens to the fool will also happen to me. Why then have I been overly wise? ’  And I said to myself that this is also futile.

Ecclesiastes 2:9

So I became great and surpassed all who were before me in Jerusalem;  my wisdom also remained with me.

Ecclesiastes 3:17

I said to myself, ‘God will judge the righteous and the wicked,  since there is a time for every activity and every work.’

Jeremiah 22:14

who says, ‘I will build myself a massive palace, with spacious upstairs rooms.’ He will cut windows  in it, and it will be panelled with cedar and painted bright red.

Daniel 4:30

the king exclaimed, ‘Is this not Babylon the Great that I have built to be a royal residence by my vast power and for my majestic glory? ’

Hebrews 5:14

But solid food is for the mature #– #for those whose senses have been trained to distinguish between good and evil.