Ecclesiastes 7:24

Ecclesiastes 7:24 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)That which is far off, and exceeding deep, who can find it out?
• New International Version (NIV)Whatever exists is far off and most profound— who can discover it?
• New King James Version (NKJV)As for that which is far off and exceedingly deep, Who can find it out?
• New Living Translation (NLT)Wisdom is always distant and difficult to find.

Context of Ecclesiastes 7:24

22Your heart knows that many times you yourself have cursed others. 23All this I have tested by wisdom. I said, "I will be wise," but it was far from me. That which has been is far off, and deep, very deep; who can find it out? 25I turned my heart to know and to search out and to seek wisdom and the scheme of things, and to know the wickedness of folly and the foolishness that is madness. 26And I find something more bitter than death: the woman whose heart is snares and nets, and whose hands are fetters. He who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is taken by her.

Ecclesiastes 7:24 word by word

רָח֖וֹק מַה־שֶּׁהָיָ֑ה וְעָמֹ֥ק׀ עָמֹ֖ק מִ֥י יִמְצָאֶֽנּוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• That which is far offרָחֹקrâchôq râchôq · distantH7350
• and exceeding deepעָמֹק‛âmôq · deepH6013
• who can find it outמָצָאmâtsâ' · to findH4672

Cross-references for Ecclesiastes 7:24

• Deuteronomy 30:11"For this commandment that I command you today is not too hard for you, neither is it far off.
• Job 11:7"Can you find out the deep things of God? Can you find out the limit of the Almighty?
• Job 28:12"But where shall wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding?
• Psalms 36:6Your righteousness is like the mountains of God; your judgments are like the great deep; man and beast you save, O Lord.
• Psalms 139:6Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high; I cannot attain it.
• Isaiah 55:8For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord.
• Romans 11:33Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways!
• 1 Timothy 6:16who 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.

Commentaries on Ecclesiastes 7:24

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 24That which is far off - Though the wisdom that is essential to our salvation may be soon learned, through the teaching of the Spirit of wisdom, yet in wisdom itself there are extents and depths which none can reach or fathom.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 24literally, Far off is that which hath been i. e., events as they have occurred in the order of Divine Providence), and deep, deep, who can find it out?Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 23-29Verses 23-29 Solomon, in his search into the nature and reason of things, had been miserably deluded. But he here speaks with godly sorrow. He alone who constantly aims to please God, can expect to escape; the careless sinner probably will fall to rise no more. He now discovered more than ever the evil of the great sin of which he had been guilty, the loving many strange women, I Kin. 11:1. A woman thoroughly upright and godly, he had not found. How was…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 23-25it was beyond me: The Teacher could not find the wisdom or reasons he sought. Such reasons are hidden in God's mind (Ecclesiastes 3:11; 8:17).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2424. That ... far off ... deep--True wisdom is so when sought independently of "fear of God" (Ec 7:18; De 30:12, 13; Job 11:7, 8; 28:12-20, 28; Psa 64:6; Ro 10:6, 7).Read the comment

Topics related to Ecclesiastes 7:24

• Ignorance
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Commentaries on Ecclesiastes 7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings