Ecclesiastes 7:23 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

All this I have tried by wisdom; I have said, `I am wise,` and it [is] far from me.

English ASV

All this have I proved in wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.

English Amplified

All this have I tried and proved by wisdom. I said, I will be wise [independently of God]--but it was far from me.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

All this have I tried and proved by wisdom. I said, I will be wise [independently of God]–but it was far from me.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

All this I tested by wisdom, saying, “I resolve to be wise.” But it was beyond me.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

I have tested all this by wisdom. I resolved, “I will be wise,” but it was beyond me.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

All this have I tried by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.

English EASY 2024

I have used wisdom to study all these things. I tried very much to understand everything that happens. But I could not do it.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

I used my wisdom and thought about all these things. I wanted to be wise, but I couldn't do it.

All this I have tested by wisdom. I said, "I will be wise," but it was far from me.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

I used my wisdom to test all of this. I was determined to be wise, but it was beyond me.

English God's Word - GW 1995

I used wisdom to test all of this. I said, "I want to be wise, but it is out of my reach."

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

I have tested all this by wisdom. I resolved, "I will be wise," but it was beyond me.

English KJV 1611

All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.

English LSB

I tested all this with wisdom, and I said, “I will be wise,” but it was far from me.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

All these matters I have tested by wisdom. I said, “I will be wise,” but wisdom has eluded me.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

I tested all this with wisdom, and I said, "I will be wise," but it was far from me.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

All these things I probed in wisdom. I said, "I will acquire wisdom"; but it was beyond me.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

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

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

I used wisdom to put all of those things to the test. I said, "I've made up my mind to be wise." But it was more than I could accomplish.

English NIV

All this I tested by wisdom and I said, "I am determined to be wise"- but this was beyond me.

English NKJ 1982

All this I have proved by wisdom. I said, “I will be wise”; But it was far from me.

English NLT

All along I have tried my best to let wisdom guide my thoughts and actions. I said to myself, "I am determined to be wise." But it didn't really work.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

All this I have tested by wisdom; I said, "I will be wise," but it was far from me.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

All this I have tested by wisdom; I said, “I will be wise”; but it was far from me.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

I have tried my best to be wise. I declared, “I will be wise,“ but it didn't work.

English Tyndale 1537

All these things have I proved because of wisdom: For I thought to be wise, but she went farther from me than she was before,

Ecclesiastes 7:23 — Compare Translations