Ecclesiastes 7:23

Absolute Wisdom is Unattainable

23 All this I have tested with wisdom. I said, "I will be wise!" but {it was beyond my grasp}.

Ecclesiastes 7:23 In-Context

21 Do not pay attention to everything people say, lest you hear your own servant curse you.
22 For your heart knows that you also have cursed others many times.
23 All this I have tested with wisdom. I said, "I will be wise!" but {it was beyond my grasp}.
24 {Whatever is--it is far beyond comprehension}. Who can discover it?
25 I set my mind to try to seek wisdom and the plan, and to know that wickedness [is] foolishness and that folly [is] delusion.

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Literally "it [was] far from me"
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