Ecclesiastes 1:16
I said to myself, “Behold, I have grown and increased in wisdom beyond all those before me who were over Jerusalem, and my mind has observed a wealth of wisdom and knowledge.”
I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all they that have been before me in Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.
Note had…: Heb. had seen much
I said to myself, “Behold, I have obtained for myself great wisdom above all who were before me in Jerusalem. Yes, my heart has had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.”
I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I have gotten me great wisdom above all that were before me in Jerusalem; yea, my heart hath had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.
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Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- communed
- 2 Kings 5:20; Psalm 4:4; Psalm 77:6; Isaiah 10:7–14; Jeremiah 22:14; Ezekiel 38:10, 11; Daniel 4:30
- Lo
- Ecclesiastes 2:9; 1 Kings 3:12, 13; 1 Kings 4:30; 1 Kings 10:7, 23, 24; 2 Chronicles 1:10–12; 2 Chronicles 2:12; 2 Chronicles 9:22, 23
- great experience of
- Heb. seen much.
- Hebrews 5:14