Ben Sira 24:28

28 The first human being ever created never knew Wisdom completely, and the last person on earth will be no more successful.

Ben Sira 24:28 In-Context

26 The Law brims over with understanding like the Euphrates, like the Jordan at harvest time.

27 It sparkles with teachings like the Nile, like the Gihon at grape-picking time.

28 The first human being ever created never knew Wisdom completely, and the last person on earth will be no more successful.

29 The possibilities of Wisdom are vaster than the ocean; her resources are more profound than the deepest waters beneath the earth.

30 As for me, I thought of myself as an irrigation canal bringing water from a river into a garden.