Ecclesiastes 7:24

24 Whatever exists is far off and most profound— who can discover it?

Ecclesiastes 7:24 in Other Translations

KJV
24 That which is far off, and exceeding deep, who can find it out?
ESV
24 That which has been is far off, and deep, very deep; who can find it out?
NLT
24 Wisdom is always distant and difficult to find.
MSG
24 far beyond me, and deep - oh so deep! Does anyone ever find it?
CSB
24 What exists is beyond [reach] and very deep. Who can discover it?

Ecclesiastes 7:24 In-Context

22 for you know in your heart that many times you yourself have cursed others.
23 All this I tested by wisdom and I said, “I am determined to be wise”— but this was beyond me.
24 Whatever exists is far off and most profound— who can discover it?
25 So I turned my mind to understand, to investigate and to search out wisdom and the scheme of things and to understand the stupidity of wickedness and the madness of folly.
26 I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a trap and whose hands are chains. The man who pleases God will escape her, but the sinner she will ensnare.

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