Ecclesiastes 1:16 - 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.

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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.

English Standard Version 2016

¹⁶ I said in my heart, “I have acquired great wisdom, surpassing all who were over Jerusalem before me, and my heart has had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.”

Ecclesiastes 1:16 Tagairtí Cros

1 Kings 10:7

Concerning thy words, and concerning thy wisdom. And I did not believe them that told me, till I came myself, and saw with my own eyes, and have found that the half hath not been told me. Thy wisdom and thy works exceed the fame which I heard.

1 Kings 4:30

And the wisdom of Solomon surpassed the wisdom of all the Orientals and of the Egyptians,

1 Kings 5:9

My servants shall bring them down from Libanus to the sea. And I will put them together in floats in the sea, and convey them to the place, which thou shalt signify to me; and will land them there. And thou shalt receive them: and thou shalt allow me necessaries, to furnish food for my household.

2 Kings 5:20

But Giezi the servant of the man of God said: My master hath spared Naaman this Syrian, in not receiving of him that which he brought. As the Lord liveth, I will run after him, and take some thing of him.

2 Chronicles 2:12

And he added, saying: Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel, who made heaven and earth, who hath given to king David a wise and knowing son, endued with understanding and prudence, to build a house to the Lord, and a palace for himself.

Psalm 4:4

Know ye also that the Lord hath made his holy one wonderful: the Lord will hear me when I shall cry unto him.

Psalm 77:6

that another generation might know them. The children that should be born and should rise up, and declare them to their children.

Ecclesiastes 2:1

I said in my heart: I will go, and abound with delights, and enjoy good things. And I saw that this also was vanity.

Ecclesiastes 2:15

And I said in my heart: If the death of the fool and mine shall be one, what doth it avail me, that I have applied myself more to the study of wisdom? And speaking with my own mind, I perceived that this also was vanity.

Ecclesiastes 2:9

And I surpassed in riches all that were before me in Jerusalem: my wisdom also remained with me.

Ecclesiastes 3:17

And I said in my heart: God shall judge both the just and the wicked, and then shall be the time of every thing.

Jeremiah 22:14

Who saith: I will build me a wide house and large chambers: who openeth to himself windows and maketh roofs of cedar and painteth them with vermilion.

Hebrews 5:14

But strong meat is for the perfect; for them who by custom have their senses exercised to the discerning of good and evil.