NASB
"I tested all this with wisdom, and I said, "I will be wise," but it was far from me."
— Ecclesiastes 7:23, NASB
“All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.”
“All this have I proved in wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me. ”
“All this have I proved in wisdom. I said, "I will be wise;" but it was far from me.”
“Human Wisdom is Limited I have examined all this by wisdom; I said,“I am determined to comprehend this”– but it was beyond my grasp.”
“For thy conscience knoweth that thou also hast often spoken evil of others.”
“All this I have put to the test by wisdom; I said, I will be wise, but it was far from me.”
“All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.”
Indeed, there is not a righteous man on earth who continually does good and who never sins.
Also, do not take seriously all words which are spoken, so that you will not hear your servant cursing you.
For you also have realized that you likewise have many times cursed others.
I tested all this with wisdom, and I said, "I will be wise," but it was far from me.
What has been is remote and exceedingly mysterious. Who can discover it?
I directed my mind to know, to investigate and to seek wisdom and an explanation, and to know the evil of folly and the foolishness of madness.
And I discovered more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets, whose hands are chains. One who is pleasing to God will escape from her, but the sinner will be captured by her.