Bible in Basic English
"Far off is true existence, and very deep; who may have knowledge of it?"
— Ecclesiastes 7:24, Bible in Basic English
“That which is far off, and exceeding deep, who can find it out?”
“That which is, is far off and exceeding deep; who can find it out? ”
“That which is, is far off and exceedingly deep. Who can find it out?”
“Whatever has happened is beyond human understanding; it is far deeper than anyone can fathom.”
Do not give ear to all the words which men say, for fear of hearing the curses of your servant.
Your heart has knowledge how frequently others have been cursed by you.
All this I have put to the test by wisdom; I said, I will be wise, but it was far from me.
Far off is true existence, and very deep; who may have knowledge of it?
I gave my mind to knowledge and to searching for wisdom and the reason of things, and to the discovery that sin is foolish, and that to be foolish is to be without one's senses.
And I saw a thing more bitter than death, even the woman whose heart is full of tricks and nets, and whose hands are as bands. He with whom God is pleased will get free from her, but the sinner will be taken by her.
Look! this I have seen, said the Preacher, taking one thing after another to get the true account,