Ecclesiastes 7:24

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Formal EquivalenceSource: King James VersionBest for: Original-language word studies

🎯 Translation Approach

Classic King James Version text presented with Strong's numbering to link English words to their underlying Hebrew and Greek terms. Prioritizes literal/formal correspondence while enabling original-language word study.

Word-for-word

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Readability

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💎 Distinctive Features

Integrated Strong's numbering: Each English term is keyed to a Strong's number, enabling direct lookup of the underlying Hebrew or Greek word.
KJV text basis: Employs the classic King James Version wording known for formal equivalence and literary style.
Study-focused layout: Optimized for research and analysis, prioritizing lexical access over uninterrupted readability.
Concordance compatibility: Strong's numbers map to widely available concordances and lexicons for deeper study.

✅ Strengths

Strong linkage to original Hebrew/Greek via Strong's numbers
High concordance with source wording
Well-suited for in-depth word studies and exegesis
Widely recognized and referenced KJV text

⚠️ Considerations

Archaic language can be difficult for modern readers
Reference numbers can disrupt continuous reading
Less suitable for public or devotional reading compared to modern translations

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Students of biblical languages
Pastors and teachers
Serious Bible students
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Referenced Verses

Rom 11:33 : 33 O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!
1 Tim 6:16 : 16 Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen.
Deut 30:11-14 : 11 For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not hidden from 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, that we may hear it, and 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, that we may hear it, and 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 as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; 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 depth 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 The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold. 18 No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for 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 fowls of the air. 22 Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame 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 great mountains; thy judgments are a great deep: O LORD, 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 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.

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
85%
23All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.
Eccl 7:25
80%
25I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness:
Job 11:7-9
3 verses
78%
7Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?
8It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; 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 depth saith, It is not in me: and the sea saith, It is not with me.
Eccl 8:16-17
2 verses
78%
16When I applied mine 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 a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because though a man labour to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea further; though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.
Job 42:3
77%
3Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that 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 fowls of the air.
Ps 139:6-7
2 verses
76%
6Such 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 honour of kings is to search out a matter.
3The heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings is unsearchable.
Eccl 1:13
74%
13And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.
Eccl 1:15-18
4 verses
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 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.
17And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.
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, counting one by one, to find out the account:
Rom 11:33-34
2 verses
73%
33O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding 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 of God? and dost thou restrain 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 search of the depth?
Prov 17:24
72%
24Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.
Job 9:10
72%
10Which doeth great things past finding out; yea, and wonders without number.
Eccl 8:7
72%
7For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be?
Isa 29:15
72%
15Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?
Ps 73:16
71%
16When I thought{H8762)} to know{H8800)} this, it was too painful for me;
Job 38:19-20
2 verses
71%
19Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,
20That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know 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 heart?
Prov 8:12
71%
12I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions.
Ps 92:5
71%
5O LORD, how great{H8804)} are thy works! and thy thoughts are very deep{H8804)}.
Eccl 2:25
70%
25For who can eat, or who else can hasten hereunto, more than I?
Eccl 6:11
70%
11Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what is man the better?
Prov 20:24
70%
24Man's goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?
Prov 7:7
70%
7And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,
Job 3:21
70%
21Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;
Eccl 7:29
70%
29Lo, this only have I found, that God hath 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 considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that 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 enquire 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.