Ecclesiastes 7:23 Meaning, Study, & Commentary | KJV

All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.

Commentaries

18th Century

Presbyterian

18th Century

I will be - Or, I am. There was a time when Solomon thought himself wise enough to comprehend the work of God, and therefore needed for hims…

19th Century

Anglican

19th Century

The confession of failure to attain speculative knowledge gives energy to the preacher’s subsequent enunciation of the practical lesson which he

17th Century

Reformed Baptist

17th Century

All this has I proved by wisdom Referring either to all that he had been discoursing of hitherto in this book, concerning…

17th Century

Presbyterian

17th Century

Solomon, in his search into the nature and reason of things, had been miserably deluded. But he here speaks with godly sorrow. He alone who constan…

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