Ecclesiastes 7:23

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For oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou thyself likewise hast cursed others.	All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it [was] far from me.	That which is far off, and exceeding deep, who can find it out?

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

All this^H2090 have I proved^H5254 by wisdom^H2451: I said^H559, I will be wise^H2449; but it was far^H7350 from me.

Original Hebrew

כָּל־זֹה נִסִּיתִי בַחָכְמָה אָמַרְתִּי אֶחְכָּמָה וְהִיא רְחֹוקָה מִמֶּנִּי׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
כָּל	kol-	H3605	HNcmsc	all
זֹ֖ה	zoh	H2090	HPdxms	this
נִסִּ֣יתִי	ni.Si.ti	H5254	HVpp1cs	I have put to (the) test
בַֽ/חָכְמָ֑ה	va./cha.khe.Mah	H2451	HRd/Ncfsa	by (the)/ wisdom
אָמַ֣רְתִּי	'a.Mar.ti	H559	HVqp1cs	I said
אֶחְכָּ֔מָה	'ech.Ka.mah	H2449	HVqh1cs	let me be wise
וְ/הִ֖יא	ve./Hi'	H1931	HC/Pp3fs	and/ it
רְחוֹקָ֥ה	re.cho.Kah	H7350	HAafsa	(was) far
מִמֶּֽ/נִּי	mi.Me./ni	H4480	HR/Sp1cs	from/ me

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

H559 — אָמַר (ʼâmar, aw-mar'): a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude); answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [idiom] plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), [idiom] still, [idiom] suppose, talk, tell, term, [idiom] that is, [idiom] think, use (speech), utter, [idiom] verily, [idiom] yet.
H2090 — זֹה (zôh, zo): for זֶה; this or that; as well as another, it, this, that, thus and thus.
H2449 — חָכַם (châkam, khaw-kam'): a primitive root,; to be wise (in mind, word or act); [idiom] exceeding, teach wisdom, be (make self, shew self) wise, deal (never so) wisely, make wiser.
H2451 — חׇכְמָה (chokmâh, khok-maw'): from חָכַם; wisdom (in a good sense); skilful, wisdom, wisely, wit.
H5254 — נָסָה (nâçâh, naw-saw'): a primitive root; to test; by implication, to attempt; adventure, assay, prove, tempt, try.
H7350 — רָחוֹק (râchôwq, raw-khoke'): or רָחֹק; from רָחַק; remote, literally or figuratively, of place or time; specifically, precious; often used adverbially (with preposition); (a-) far (abroad, off), long ago, of old, space, great while to come.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

H1931 — הוּא (hûwʼ, hoo): of which the feminine (beyond the Pentateuch) is הִיא; a primitive word, the third person pronoun singular; he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are; he, as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.
H3605 — כֹּל (kôl, kole): or (Jeremiah 33:8) כּוֹל; from כָּלַל; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense); (in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).
H4480 — מִן (min, min): or מִנִּי; or מִנֵּי; (constructive plural) (Isaiah 30:11); for מֵן; properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses; above, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, [idiom] neither, [idiom] nor, (out) of, over, since, [idiom] then, through, [idiom] whether, with.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

I said — Genesis 3:5, 1 Kings 3:11-12, 1 Kings 11:1-8, Romans 1:22, 1 Corinthians 1:20

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