Ecclesiastes 7:24

In 11 translations

BSB

What exists is out of reach and very deep. Who can fathom it?

KJV

That which is far off, and exceeding deep, who can find it out?

WEB

That which is, is far off and exceedingly deep. Who can find it out?

ASV

That which is, is far off and exceeding deep; who can find it out?

LSV

Far off [is] that which has been, and deep, deep, who finds it?

YLT

Far off [is] that which hath been, and deep, deep, who doth find it?

DBY

Whatever hath been, is far off, and exceeding deep: who will find it out?

DRC7:25

Much more than it was: it is a great depth, who shall find it out?

GNV7:26

It is farre off, what may it be? and it is a profound deepenesse, who can finde it?

JPS

That which is is far off, and exceeding deep; who can find it out?

LXXE

That which is far beyond what was, and a great depth, who shall find it out?

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Original-language editions

WLC

רָח֖וֹק מַה־שֶּׁהָיָ֑ה וְעָמֹ֥ק ׀ עָמֹ֖ק מִ֥י יִמְצָאֶֽנּוּ׃

LXX-Br

Μακρὰν ὑπὲρ ὃ ἦν, καὶ βαθὺ βάθος, τίς εὑρήσει αὐτό;

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Romans 11:33O, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments, and untraceable His ways!
• 1 Timothy 6:16He alone is immortal and dwells in unapproachable light. No one has ever seen Him, nor can anyone see Him. To Him be honor and eternal dominion! Amen.
• Isaiah 55:8–9“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways,” declares the LORD. “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so My ways are higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts.
• Psalms 139:6Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.
• Job 28:28And He said to man, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.’”
• Psalms 36:6Your righteousness is like the highest mountains; Your judgments are like the deepest sea. O LORD, You preserve man and beast.
• Job 11:7–8Can you fathom the deep things of God or discover the limits of the Almighty? They are higher than the heavens—what can you do? They are deeper than Sheol—what can you know?
• Job 28:12–23But where can wisdom be found, and where does understanding dwell? No man can know its value, nor is it found in the land of the living. The ocean depths say, ‘It is not in me,’ while the sea declares, ‘It is not with…
• Deuteronomy 30:11–14For this commandment I give you today is not too difficult for you or beyond your reach. It is not in heaven, that you should need to ask, ‘Who will ascend into heaven to get it for us and proclaim it, that we may obey…

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