Catholic Public Domain Version
"I have tested everything in wisdom. I have said: “I will be wise.” And wisdom withdrew farther from me, "
— Ecclesiastes 7:24, Catholic Public Domain Version
“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.”
“I have tried all things in wisdom. I have said: I will be wise: and it departed farther from me,”
“Far off is true existence, and very deep; who may have knowledge of it?”
“That which is far off, and exceeding deep, who can find it out?”
But there is no just man on earth, who does good and does not sin.
So then, do not attach your heart to every word that is spoken, lest perhaps you may hear your servant speaking ill of you.
For your conscience knows that you, too, have repeatedly spoken evil of others.
I have tested everything in wisdom. I have said: “I will be wise.” And wisdom withdrew farther from me,
so much more than it was before. Wisdom is very profound, so who shall reveal her?
I have examined all things in my soul, so that I may know, and consider, and seek out wisdom and reason, and so that I may recognize the impiety of the foolish, and the error of the imprudent.
And I have discovered a woman more bitter than death: she who is like the snare of a hunter, and whose heart is like a net, and whose hands are like chains. Whoever pleases God shall flee from her. But whoever is a sinner shall be seized by her.