Ecclesiastes 7:23
Old Testament • 5 words with Strong's data
"All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me."
Word-by-Word Analysis
בָּחַן
bâchan
to test (especially metals); generally and figuratively, to investigate
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
חָכָם
châkâm
wise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful)
רָחַק
râchaq
to widen (in any direction), i.e. (intransitively) recede or (transitively) remove (literally or figuratively, of place or relation)
Key Terms in This Verse
בָּחַן bâchan
to test (especially metals); generally and figuratively, to investigate
Study H974 →רָחַק râchaq
to widen (in any direction), i.e. (intransitively) recede or (transitively) remove (literally or figuratively, of place or relation)
Study H7368 →Cross References
Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?
For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
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