Ecclesiastes 7:24 - English Standard Version 2016

²⁴ That which has been is far off, and deep, very deep; who can find it out?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁴ That which is far off, and exceeding deep, who can find it out?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁴ That which is is far off, and that which is deep is very deep–who can find it out [true wisdom independent of the fear of God]? [Job 28:12-28; I Cor. 2:9-16.]

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁴ That which is, is far off and exceeding deep; who can find it out?

Common English Bible

²⁴ All that happens is elusive and utterly unfathomable. Who can grasp it?

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁴ I have tested everything in wisdom. I have said: "I will be wise." And wisdom withdrew farther from me,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁴ I have tried all things in wisdom. I have said: I will be wise: and it departed farther from me,

Ecclesiastes 7:24 Tagairtí Cros

Job 28:28

And he said to man, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.’”

Job 37:23

The Almighty—we cannot find him; he is great in power; justice and abundant righteousness he will not violate.

Psalm 139:6

Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high; I cannot attain it.

Psalm 36:6

Your righteousness is like the mountains of God; your judgments are like the great deep; man and beast you save, O Lord.

Ecclesiastes 8:17

then I saw all the work of God, that man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun. However much man may toil in seeking, he will not find it out. Even though a wise man claims to know, he cannot find it out.

Romans 11:33

Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways!

1 Timothy 6:16

who alone has immortality, who dwells in unapproachable light, whom no one has ever seen or can see. To him be honor and eternal dominion. Amen.