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Ecclesiastes 7:24
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That which has been is far off, and deep, very deep; who can find it out?
It is farre off, what may it be? and it is a profound deepenesse, who can finde it?
What exists is beyond reach and very deep. Who can discover it?
That which is, is far off and exceedingly deep. Who can find it out?
Whatever hath been, is far off, and exceeding deep: who will find it out?
I cannot understand why things are as they are. It is too hard for anyone to understand.
Whatever has been is far off, deeply remote and exceedingly mysterious. Who can discover it [for it is beyond the grasp of man]?
That which is, is far off and exceeding deep; who can find it out?
The truth is beyond us. It's far too deep.
That which exists is far away and deep, so deep, that it can't be discovered.
That which is is far off, and exceeding deep; who can find it out?
That which is farre off, and exceeding deepe, who can finde it out?
All these things have I proved in wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.
That which is is far off, and exceeding deep; who can find it out?
What exists is out of reach and very deep. Who can fathom it?
Whatever is—it is far beyond comprehension. Who can discover it?
That which is far off and exceeding deep, who can find it out?
I cannot understand why things are as they are. It is too hard for anyone to understand.
Whatever has happened is beyond human understanding; it is far deeper than anyone can fathom.
Wisdom is always distant and difficult to find.
Wisdom has been far away and hidden. Who can find it?
That which is, is far off, and deep, very deep; who can find it out?
Far away, is that which hath been, - and deep, deep, who can find it out?
(7-25) Much more than it was: it is a great depth, who shall find it out?
Yea, wisdom was far off; it also had depth beyond depth; who can find it out?
How can anyone discover what life means? It is too deep for us, too hard to understand.
What has been is remote and very mysterious. Who can discover it?
That which is far off, and exceeding deep, who can find it out?
yea and so deepe, that I might not reache vnto her.
and the depthe is hiy, who schal fynde it?
Far off [is] that which hath been, and deep, deep, who doth find it?
That which is, is far off and exceedingly deep. Who can find it out?
That which is, is far off, and deep, very deep; who can find it out?
That which is, is far off and exceeding deep; who can find it out?
That which is far off, and exceedingly deep, who can find it out?
Far off is true existence, and very deep; who may have knowledge of it?
then she was before, yee & so depe that I might not reach vnto her.
What has been is remote and exceedingly mysterious. Who can discover it?
What has been is far away and exceedingly deep. Who can find it?
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Deuteronomy 30:11-14, Job 11:7, Job 11:8, Job 28:12-23, Job 28:28, Psalms 36:6, Psalms 139:6, Isaiah 55:8, Isaiah 55:9, Romans 11:33, 1 Timothy 6:16
Reciprocal: Job 28:20 - General Psalms 92:5 - deep Ecclesiastes 1:8 - man Ecclesiastes 7:28 - yet Ecclesiastes 8:17 - that a man Ecclesiastes 11:5 - even
Cross-References
also seven each of birds of the air, male and female, to keep the species alive on the face of all the earth.
For after seven more days I will cause it to rain on the earth forty days and forty nights, and I will destroy from the face of the earth all living things that I have made."
Gill's Notes on the Bible
That which is far off,.... Or, "far off [is] that which has been" g. That which has been done by God already, in creation and providence, is out of the reach of men, is far from their understandings wholly to comprehend or account for; and likewise that which is past with men, what has been done in former ages, the history of past times, is very difficult to come at: or rather, according to Schmidt, and Rambachius after him, what was of old is now afar off or absent; the image of God in man which consisted of perfect wisdom, and was created at the same time with him, is now lost, and that is the reason why wisdom is far from him;
and exceeding deep, who can find it out? the primitive perfect wisdom is sunk so deep and gone, that no man can find it to the perfection it was once enjoyed; see Job 28:12. This may respect the knowledge of God, and the perfections of his nature; which are as high as heaven, and deeper than hell, Job 11:7; and of his thoughts, counsels, purposes, and decrees, which are the deep things of God; as well as the doctrines of the Gospel, and the mysteries of grace, 1 Corinthians 2:10; and even his providential dispensations towards the sons of men, Romans 11:33. The Targum of the whole is,
"Lo, now it is far off from the children of men to know all that has been from the days of old; and the secret of the day of death, and the secret of the day in which the King Messiah shall come, who is he that shall find it out by his wisdom?''
g רחוק מה שהיה "remotum (est) illud quod fuit", Montanus, Mercerus, Vatablus, Drusius, Gejerus.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
literally, Far off is that which hath been i. e., events as they have occurred in the order of Divine Providence), and deep, deep, who can find it out?
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 24. That which is far off — Though the wisdom that is essential to our salvation may be soon learned, through the teaching of the Spirit of wisdom, yet in wisdom itself there are extents and depths which none can reach or fathom.
