Ecclesiastes 1:16 - Tree of Life Version

¹⁶ I spoke with my heart saying: “I have grown rich and increased in wisdom more than any who were before me over Jerusalem. Indeed, my heart has experienced much 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.

Ecclesiastes 1:16 Tagairtí Cros

1 Kings 10:7

But I didn’t believe the reports until I came and my eyes saw it. Indeed, not even the half was told to me. You’re way past the report of wisdom and prosperity that I’d heard!

1 Kings 5:9

God gave Solomon wisdom and discernment in great measure, and a breadth of understanding as vast as the sand on the seashore.

2 Kings 5:20

But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, thought, “Behold, my master held back from accepting what this Naaman the Aramean brought. As Adonai lives, I will surely run after him and get something from him.”

2 Chronicles 2:12

So now I am sending Huram-abi—a skilled man endowed with understanding

Psalm 4:4

But know that Adonai has set apart the godly for His own. Adonai will hear when I call to Him.

Psalm 77:6

I ponder the days of old, the years long ago.

Ecclesiastes 2:1

I said within myself, “Come now, I will test you with pleasure to see what is good.” Yet behold, this too was meaningless.

Ecclesiastes 2:15

Then said I in my heart: “I, even I, will have the same destiny as a fool. So why have I become so wise?” I said in my heart, “This too is meaningless.”

Ecclesiastes 2:9

So I became far wealthier than all before me in Jerusalem, yet my wisdom stayed with me.

Ecclesiastes 3:17

I said in my heart: “The righteous and the wicked, God will judge. For there is a time for every activity and for every deed.”

Jeremiah 22:14

who says: “I will build myself a big house with spacious rooms and cut out my windows for it, and panel it with cedar, and paint it with vermilion!

Daniel 4:30

Immediately the word about Ne­buchadnezzar was fulfilled. He was driven away from men, ate grass like an ox, and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven, until his hair had grown like eagles’ feathers and his nails like birds’ claws.

Hebrews 5:14

But solid food is for the mature, who through practice have their senses trained to discern both good and evil.