Ecclesiastes 7:24

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Far off is true existence, and very deep; who may have knowledge of it?

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Referenced Verses

  • Rom 11:33 : 33 O how deep is the wealth of the wisdom and knowledge of God! no one is able to make discovery of his decisions, and his ways may not be searched out.
  • 1 Tim 6:16 : 16 Who only has life for ever, living in light to which no man may come near; whom no man has seen or is able to see: to whom be honour and power for ever. So be it.
  • Deut 30:11-14 : 11 For these orders which I have given you today are not strange and secret, and are not far away. 12 They are not in heaven, for you to say, Who will go up to heaven for us and give us knowledge of them so that we may do them? 13 And they are not across the sea, for you to say, Who will go over the sea for us and give us news of them so that we may do them? 14 But the word is very near you, in your mouth and in your heart, so that you may do it.
  • Job 11:7-8 : 7 Are you able to take God's measure, to make discovery of the limits of the Ruler of all? 8 They are higher than heaven; what is there for you to do? deeper than the underworld, and outside your knowledge;
  • Job 28:12-23 : 12 But where may wisdom be seen? and where is the resting-place of knowledge? 13 Man has not seen the way to it, and it is not in the land of the living. 14 The deep waters say, It is not in me: and the sea says, It is not with me. 15 Gold may not be given for it, or a weight of silver in payment for it. 16 It may not be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the onyx of great price, or the sapphire. 17 Gold and glass are not equal to it in price, and it may not be exchanged for jewels of the best gold. 18 There is no need to say anything about coral or crystal; and the value of wisdom is greater than that of pearls. 19 The topaz of Ethiopia is not equal to it, and it may not be valued with the best gold. 20 From where then does wisdom come, and where is the resting-place of knowledge? 21 For it is kept secret from the eyes of all living, unseen by the birds of the air. 22 Destruction and Death say, We have only had word of it with our ears. 23 God has knowledge of the way to it, and of its resting-place;
  • Job 28:28 : 28 And he said to man, Truly the fear of the Lord is wisdom, and to keep from evil is the way to knowledge.
  • Ps 36:6 : 6 Your righteousness is like the mountains of God; your judging is like the great deep; O Lord, you give life to man and beast.
  • Ps 139:6 : 6 Such knowledge is a wonder greater than my powers; it is so high that I may not come near it.
  • Isa 55:8-9 : 8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, or your ways my ways, says the Lord. 9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.

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  • Eccl 7:23
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    23All this I have put to the test by wisdom; I said, I will be wise, but it was far from me.

  • Eccl 7:25
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    25I gave my mind to knowledge and to searching for wisdom and the reason of things, and to the discovery that sin is foolish, and that to be foolish is to be without one's senses.

  • Job 11:7-9
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    7Are you able to take God's measure, to make discovery of the limits of the Ruler of all?

    8They are higher than heaven; what is there for you to do? deeper than the underworld, and outside your knowledge;

    9Longer in measure than the earth, and wider than the sea.

  • Job 28:12-14
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    78%

    12But where may wisdom be seen? and where is the resting-place of knowledge?

    13Man has not seen the way to it, and it is not in the land of the living.

    14The deep waters say, It is not in me: and the sea says, It is not with me.

  • Eccl 8:16-17
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    16When I gave my mind to the knowledge of wisdom and to seeing the business which is done on the earth (and there are those whose eyes see not sleep by day or by night),

    17Then I saw all the work of God, and that man may not get knowledge of the work which is done under the sun; because, if a man gives hard work to the search he will not get knowledge, and even if the wise man seems to be coming to the end of his search, still he will be without knowledge.

  • Job 42:3
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    3Who is this who makes dark the purpose of God by words without knowledge? For I have been talking without knowledge about wonders not to be searched out.

  • Job 28:20-21
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    20From where then does wisdom come, and where is the resting-place of knowledge?

    21For it is kept secret from the eyes of all living, unseen by the birds of the air.

  • Ps 139:6-7
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    6Such knowledge is a wonder greater than my powers; it is so high that I may not come near it.

    7Where may I go from your spirit? how may I go in flight from you?

  • Prov 25:2-3
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    74%

    2It is the glory of God to keep a thing secret: but the glory of kings is to have it searched out.

    3The heaven is high and the earth is deep, and the hearts of kings may not be searched out.

  • Eccl 1:13
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    13And I gave my heart to searching out in wisdom all things which are done under heaven: it is a hard thing which God has put on the sons of men to do.

  • Eccl 1:15-18
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    74%

    15That which is bent may not be made straight, and that which is not there may not be numbered.

    16I said to my heart, See, I have become great and am increased in wisdom more than any who were before me in Jerusalem--yes, my heart has seen much wisdom and knowledge.

    17And I gave my heart to getting knowledge of wisdom, and of the ways of the foolish. And I saw that this again was desire for wind.

    18Because in much wisdom is much grief, and increase of knowledge is increase of sorrow.

  • Eccl 7:27
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    27Look! this I have seen, said the Preacher, taking one thing after another to get the true account,

  • Rom 11:33-34
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    73%

    33O how deep is the wealth of the wisdom and knowledge of God! no one is able to make discovery of his decisions, and his ways may not be searched out.

    34Who has knowledge of the mind of the Lord? or who has taken part in his purposes?

  • Eccl 7:13
    73%

    13Give thought to the work of God. Who will make straight what he has made bent?

  • Job 15:8-9
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    8Were you present at the secret meeting of God? and have you taken all wisdom for yourself?

    9What knowledge have you which we have not? is there anything in your mind which is not in ours?

  • Job 38:16
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    16Have you come into the springs of the sea, walking in the secret places of the deep?

  • Prov 17:24
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    24Wisdom is before the face of him who has sense; but the eyes of the foolish are on the ends of the earth.

  • Job 9:10
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    10Who does great things not to be searched out; yes, wonders without number.

  • Eccl 8:7
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    7No one is certain what is to be, and who is able to say to him when it will be?

  • Isa 29:15
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    15Cursed are those who go deep to keep their designs secret from the Lord, and whose works are in the dark, and who say, Who sees us? and who has knowledge of our acts?

  • Ps 73:16
    71%

    16When my thoughts were turned to see the reason of this, it was a weariness in my eyes;

  • Job 38:19-20
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    71%

    19Which is the way to the resting-place of the light, and where is the store-house of the dark;

    20So that you might take it to its limit, guiding it to its house?

  • Job 38:36
    71%

    36Who has put wisdom in the high clouds, or given knowledge to the lights of the north?

  • Prov 8:12
    71%

    12I, wisdom, have made wise behaviour my near relation; I am seen to be the special friend of wise purposes.

  • Ps 92:5
    71%

    5O Lord, how great are your works! and your thoughts are very deep.

  • Eccl 2:25
    70%

    25Who may take food or have pleasure without him?

  • Eccl 6:11
    70%

    11There are words without number for increasing what is to no purpose, but what is man profited by them?

  • Prov 20:24
    70%

    24A man's steps are of the Lord; how then may a man have knowledge of his way?

  • Prov 7:7
    70%

    7I saw among the young men one without sense,

  • Job 3:21
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    21To those whose desire is for death, but it comes not; who are searching for it more than for secret wealth;

  • Eccl 7:29
    70%

    29This only have I seen, that God made men upright, but they have been searching out all sorts of inventions.

  • Eccl 2:13
    70%

    13Then I saw that wisdom is better than foolish ways--as the light is better than the dark.

  • Eccl 9:1
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    1All this I took to heart, and my heart saw it all: that the upright and the wise and their works are in the hand of God; and men may not be certain if it will be love or hate; all is to no purpose before them.

  • Eccl 7:10
    70%

    10Say not, Why were the days which have gone by better than these? Such a question comes not from wisdom.

  • Prov 20:5
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    5The purpose in the heart of a man is like deep water, but a man of good sense will get it out.

  • Job 28:23
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    23God has knowledge of the way to it, and of its resting-place;