The Meaning of Ecclesiastes 7:23 Explained

Ecclesiastes 7:23

KJV: All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.

YLT: All this I have tried by wisdom; I have said, 'I am wise,' and it is far from me.

Darby: All this have I tried by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.

ASV: All this have I proved in wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

All this  have I proved  by wisdom:  I said,  I will be wise;  but it [was] far  from me. 

What does Ecclesiastes 7:23 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Ecclesiastes 7

1  remedies against vanity are, a good name
2  mortification
7  patience
11  wisdom
23  The difficulty of wisdom

What do the individual words in Ecclesiastes 7:23 mean?

All this I have proved by wisdom I said I will be wise but it [was] far from me
כָּל־ זֹ֖ה נִסִּ֣יתִי בַֽחָכְמָ֑ה אָמַ֣רְתִּי אֶחְכָּ֔מָה וְהִ֖יא רְחוֹקָ֥ה מִמֶּֽנִּי

זֹ֖ה  this 
Parse: Pronoun, feminine singular
Root: זׄה  
Sense: this.
נִסִּ֣יתִי  I  have  proved 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Perfect, first person common singular
Root: נָסָה  
Sense: to test, try, prove, tempt, assay, put to the proof or test.
בַֽחָכְמָ֑ה  by  wisdom 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: חָכְמָה  
Sense: wisdom.
אָמַ֣רְתִּי  I  said 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, first person common singular
Root: אָמַר 
Sense: to say, speak, utter.
אֶחְכָּ֔מָה  I  will  be  wise 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect Cohortative, first person common singular
Root: חָכַם  
Sense: to be wise.
וְהִ֖יא  but  it  [was] 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Pronoun, third person feminine singular
Root: הוּא 
Sense: he, she, it.
רְחוֹקָ֥ה  far 
Parse: Adjective, feminine singular
Root: רָחֹוק  
Sense: remote, far, distant, distant lands, distant ones.
מִמֶּֽנִּי  from  me 
Parse: Preposition, first person common singular
Root: מִן 
Sense: from, out of, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not, more than.

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