Ecclesiastes 7:24

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

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Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Rom 11:33 : 33 O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past tracing out!
1 Tim 6:16 : 16 who only hath immortality, dwelling in light unapproachable; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom [be] honor and power eternal. Amen.
Deut 30:11-14 : 11 For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not too hard for thee, neither is it far off. 12 It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, and make us to hear it, that we may do it? 13 Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, and make us to hear it, that we may do it? 14 But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it.
Job 11:7-8 : 7 Canst thou by searching find out God? Canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection? 8 It is high as heaven; what canst thou do? Deeper than Sheol; What canst thou know?
Job 28:12-23 : 12 But where shall wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding? 13 Man knoweth not the price thereof; Neither is it found in the land of the living. 14 The deep saith, It is not in me; And the sea saith, It is not with me. 15 It cannot be gotten for gold, Neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof. 16 It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, With the precious onyx, or the sapphire. 17 Gold and glass cannot equal it, Neither shall it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold. 18 No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal: Yea, the price of wisdom is above rubies. 19 The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, Neither shall it be valued with pure gold. 20 Whence then cometh wisdom? And where is the place of understanding? 21 Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, And kept close from the birds of the heavens. 22 Destruction and Death say, We have heard a rumor thereof with our ears. 23 God understandeth the way thereof, And he knoweth the place thereof.
Job 28:28 : 28 And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; And to depart from evil is understanding.
Ps 36:6 : 6 Thy righteousness is like the mountains of God; Thy judgments are a great deep: O Jehovah, thou preservest man and beast.
Ps 139:6 : 6 [ Such] knowledge is too wonderful for me; It is high, I cannot attain unto it.
Isa 55:8-9 : 8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith Jehovah. 9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Eccl 7:23
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23All this have I proved in wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.
Eccl 7:25
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25I turned about, and my heart [was set] to know and to search out, and to seek wisdom and the reason [of things], and to know that wickedness is folly, and that foolishness is madness.
Job 11:7-9
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78%
7Canst thou by searching find out God? Canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?
8It is high as heaven; what canst thou do? Deeper than Sheol; What canst thou know?
9The measure thereof is longer than the earth, And broader than the sea.
Job 28:12-14
3 verses
78%
12But where shall wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding?
13Man knoweth not the price thereof; Neither is it found in the land of the living.
14The deep saith, It is not in me; And the sea saith, It is not with me.
Eccl 8:16-17
2 verses
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16When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth (for also there is that neither day nor night seeth sleep with his eyes),
17then I beheld all the work of God, that man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because however much a man labor to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea moreover, though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.
Job 42:3
77%
3Who is this that hideth counsel without knowledge? Therefore have I uttered that which I understood not, Things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.
Job 28:20-21
2 verses
76%
20Whence then cometh wisdom? And where is the place of understanding?
21Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, And kept close from the birds of the heavens.
Ps 139:6-7
2 verses
76%
6[ Such] knowledge is too wonderful for me; It is high, I cannot attain unto it.
7Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? Or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
Prov 25:2-3
2 verses
74%
2It is the glory of God to conceal a thing; But the glory of kings is to search out a matter.
3As the heavens for height, and the earth for depth, So the heart of kings is unsearchable.
Eccl 1:13
74%
13And I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under heaven: it is a sore travail that God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised therewith.
Eccl 1:15-18
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74%
15That which is crooked cannot be made straight; and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.
16I 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.
17And I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also was a striving after wind.
18For in much wisdom is much grief; and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.
Eccl 7:27
74%
27Behold, this have I found, saith the Preacher, laying one thing to another, to find out the account;
Rom 11:33-34
2 verses
73%
33O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past tracing out!
34For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?
Eccl 7:13
73%
13Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked?
Job 15:8-9
2 verses
73%
8Hast thou heard the secret counsel of God? And dost thou limit wisdom to thyself?
9What knowest thou, that we know not? What understandest thou, which is not in us?
Job 38:16
73%
16Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? Or hast thou walked in the recesses of the deep?
Prov 17:24
72%
24Wisdom is before the face of him that hath understanding; But the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.
Job 9:10
72%
10That doeth great things past finding out, Yea, marvellous things without number.
Eccl 8:7
72%
7for he knoweth not that which shall be; for who can tell him how it shall be?
Isa 29:15
72%
15Woe unto them that hide deep their counsel from Jehovah, and whose works are in the dark, and that say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?
Ps 73:16
71%
16When I thought how I might know this, It was too painful for me;
Job 38:19-20
2 verses
71%
19Where is the way to the dwelling of light? And as for darkness, where is the place thereof,
20That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, And that thou shouldest discern the paths to the house thereof?
Job 38:36
71%
36Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? Or who hath given understanding to the mind?
Prov 8:12
71%
12I wisdom have made prudence my dwelling, And find out knowledge [and] discretion.
Ps 92:5
71%
5How great are thy works, O Jehovah! Thy thoughts are very deep.
Eccl 2:25
70%
25For who can eat, or who can have enjoyment, more than I?
Eccl 6:11
70%
11Seeing there are many things that increase vanity, what is man the better?
Prov 20:24
70%
24A man's goings are of Jehovah; How then can man understand his way?
Prov 7:7
70%
7And I beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, A young man void of understanding,
Job 3:21
70%
21Who long for death, but it cometh not, And dig for it more than for hid treasures;
Eccl 7:29
70%
29Behold, this only have I found: that God made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.
Eccl 2:13
70%
13Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.
Eccl 9:1
70%
1For all this I laid to my heart, even to explore all this: that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God; whether it be love or hatred, man knoweth it not; all is before them.
Eccl 7:10
70%
10Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this.
Prov 20:5
70%
5Counsel in the heart of man is [like] deep water; But a man of understanding will draw it out.
Job 28:23
70%
23God understandeth the way thereof, And he knoweth the place thereof.