Ecclesiastes 7:23 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

All this, or all these things, of which I have here discoursed, have I proved, I have diligently examined and found all this to be true, by wisdom; by the help of that singular wisdom which God had given me. I said, I will be wise; I determined within myself that I would by all possible means seek to attain perfection of wisdom, and I persuaded myself that I should attain to it. But it was far from me; I found myself greatly disappointed, and the more I knew, the more I saw mine own folly and misery.

Ecclesiastes 7:23

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