Text -- Ecclesiastes 7:23 (NET)

Human Wisdom is Limited

7:23 I have examined all this by wisdom; I said, “I am determined to comprehend this”– but it was beyond my grasp.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Ecc 7:23

¹ tn The cohortative אֶחְכָּמָה (’ekhkamah, from חָכַם, khakham,“to be wise”) emphasizes the resolve (determination) of Qoheleth to become wise enough to understand the perplexities of life.

² tn Or “I am determined to become wise”

³ tn Or “but it eluded me”; Heb “but it was far from me.”