Ecclesiastes 7
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Ecclesiastes 7:23-29

23All thisH2090 have I provedH5254 by wisdomH2451: I saidH559, I will be wiseH2449; but it was farH7350 from me. 24That which is far offH7350, and exceeding deepH6013, who can find it outH4672? 25I appliedH5437 mine heartH3820 to knowH3045, and to searchH8446, and to seek outH1245 wisdomH2451, and the reasonH2808 of things, and to knowH3045 the wickednessH7562 of follyH3689, even of foolishnessH5531 and madnessH1947:1 26And I findH4672 more bitterH4751 than deathH4194 the womanH802, whose heartH3820 is snaresH4685 and netsH2764, and her handsH3027 as bandsH612: whoso pleasethH6440H2896 GodH430 shall escapeH4422 from her; but the sinnerH2398 shall be takenH3920 by her.2 27BeholdH7200, this have I foundH4672, saithH559 the preacherH6953, counting oneH259 by oneH259, to find outH4672 the accountH2808:3 28Which yet my soulH5315 seekethH1245, but I findH4672 not: oneH259 manH120 among a thousandH505 have I foundH4672; but a womanH802 among all those have I not foundH4672. 29LoH7200, this onlyH905 have I foundH4672, that GodH430 hath madeH6213 manH120 uprightH3477; but they have sought outH1245 manyH7227 inventionsH2810.

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Notes

  1. 1. Ecclesiastes 7:25 I applied…: Heb. I and mine heart compassed. ↩
  2. 2. Ecclesiastes 7:26 whoso…: Heb. he that is good before God. ↩
  3. 3. Ecclesiastes 7:27 counting…: or, weighing one thing after another, to find out the reason. ↩

Commentaries on Ecclesiastes 7

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