Ecclesiastes 7:23 (WEB)
All this I have proved in wisdom. I said, “I will be wise;” but it was far from me.
Fathers and councils · 3
Origen
- Origen, De Principiis IV.3Book IV
“And on this account, therefore, Solomon, the wisest of men, beholding by his wisdom the nature of things, says, “I said, I will become wise; and wisdom herself was made far from me, far further than it was; and a profound depth, who shall find?”” — editor's note: [Eccles. vii. 23, 24.] The Septuagint reads: Εἶπα, Σοφισθήσομαι · καὶ αὕτη ἐμακρύνθη ἀπ᾽ ἐμοῦ, μακρὰν ὑπέρ ὃ ἦν, καὶ βαθὺ βάθος, τίς εὑρήσει αὐτό; the Vulgate…
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Athanasius of Alexandria
“…it is written in the Book of Ecclesiastes, ‘I said, I will be wise, but it was far from me; That which is far off, and exceeding deep, who shall find it out?’ and what is said in the Psalms, ‘The knowledge of Thee is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it;’ and that Solomon says, ‘It is the glory…” — editor's note: Eccles. vii. 23, 24.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“…more he entered into the depth, the more dizzy he became, and declared the furthest point of wisdom to be the discovery of how very far off she was from him.” — editor's note: Ecc. vii. 23.
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