Ecclesiastes 7:24

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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?	I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason [of things], and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness [and] madness:

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

That which is far off^H7350, and exceeding deep^H6013, who can find it out^H4672?

Original Hebrew

רָחֹוק מַה־שֶּׁהָיָה וְעָמֹק ׀ עָמֹק מִי יִמְצָאֶנּוּ׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
רָח֖וֹק	ra.Chok	H7350	HAamsa	(is) far away
מַה	mah-	H4100	HTi	whatever
שֶּׁ/הָיָ֑ה	she./ha.Yah	H1961	HTr/Vqp3ms	(that) which/ (it) has been
וְ/עָמֹ֥ק	ve./'a.Mok	H6013	HC/Aamsa	and/ deep
עָמֹ֖ק	'a.Mok	H6013	HAamsa	deep
מִ֥י	mi	H4310	HTi	who?
יִמְצָאֶֽ/נּוּ	yim.tza.'E./nu	H4672	HVqi3ms/Sp3ms	will he find out/ it

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

Strong's References

H4672 — מָצָא (mâtsâʼ, maw-tsaw'): a primitive root; properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present; [phrase] be able, befall, being, catch, [idiom] certainly, (cause to) come (on, to, to hand), deliver, be enough (cause to) find(-ing, occasion, out), get (hold upon), [idiom] have (here), be here, hit, be left, light (up-) on, meet (with), [idiom] occasion serve, (be) present, ready, speed, suffice, take hold on.
H6013 — עָמֹק (ʻâmôq, aw-moke'): from עָמַק; deep (literally or figuratively); ([idiom] exceeding) deep (thing).
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:

H1961 — הָיָה (hâyâh, haw-yaw): a primitive root (compare הָוָא); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary); beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.
H4100 — מָה (mâh, maw): or מַה; or מָ; or מַ; also מֶה; a primitive particle; properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses; how (long, oft, (-soever)), (no-) thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why.
H4310 — מִי (mîy, me): an interrogative pronoun of persons, as מָה is of things,; who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix; any (man), [idiom] he, [idiom] him, [phrase] O that! what, which, who(-m, -se, -soever), [phrase] would to God.

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