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Ecclesiastes 7:23

Context
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I have examined all this by wisdom; I said, “I am determined 1  to comprehend this” 2  – but it was beyond my grasp. 3 

XREF

Ge 3:5; 1Ki 3:11,12; 1Ki 11:1-8; Ro 1:22; 1Co 1:20

NET © Notes

tn The cohortative אֶחְכָּמָה (’ekhkamah, from חָכַם, khakham,“to be wise”) emphasizes the resolve (determination) of Qoheleth to become wise enough to understand the perplexities of life.

tn Or “I am determined to become wise”

tn Or “but it eluded me”; Heb “but it was far from me.”



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