Eclesiastés 7:23

23 Siempre hice todo lo posible para que la sabiduría guiara mis acciones y mis pensamientos. Me dije: «Me propongo ser sabio», pero no funcionó.

Eclesiastés 7:23 Meaning and Commentary

Ecclesiastes 7:23

All this have I proved by wisdom
Referring either to all that he had been discoursing of hitherto in this book, concerning the vanity of natural wisdom and knowledge, of pleasure, power, and riches; or to the several useful instructions given in this chapter, particularly concerning patiently bearing everything from the hands of God or men, ( Ecclesiastes 7:8-22 ) . This, by the help and use of that wisdom which God had given him, he had made trial of, and found it to be right, and therefore recommended it to others; though he acknowledges that, with all his wisdom, he was from perfection; I said, I will be wise; but it [was] far from me;
he determined, if possible, to attain to the perfection of wisdom, and made use of all means to come at it; that he might know all the works of God in creation, the nature, use, and excellency of them; in providence, his different dispensations towards the sons of men, and the causes of them; and in grace, the redemption and salvation of men, and the mysteries thereof; but the more he knew, the more he was convinced of his own ignorance, and seemed further off from the summit of knowledge than he was before; and plainly saw, that perfection in wisdom is not attainable in this life. The Targum restrains this to the wisdom of the law; but it is better to understand it in a more general sense.

Eclesiastés 7:23 In-Context

21 No escuches conversaciones ajenas a escondidas: podrías escuchar que tu siervo te maldice.

22 Pues sabes bien de las veces que tú mismo maldijiste a otros.

23 Siempre hice todo lo posible para que la sabiduría guiara mis acciones y mis pensamientos. Me dije: «Me propongo ser sabio», pero no funcionó.

24 La sabiduría siempre está lejos y es difícil de encontrar.

25 Busqué por todas partes, decidido a encontrarla y a entender la razón de las cosas. Me había propuesto demostrarme a mí mismo que la maldad es una tontería y la insensatez, una locura.