23. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Ecclesiastes 7:23:1 ⧉כָּל־זֹ֖הkolzoall this Ecclesiastes 7:23:2 ⧉נִסִּ֣יתִיnisitiI tested or I tried Ecclesiastes 7:23:3 ⧉בַֽחָכְמָ֑הvakhakhemaby wisdom Ecclesiastes 7:23:4 ⧉אָמַ֣רְתִּיamartiI said Ecclesiastes 7:23:5 ⧉אֶחְכָּ֔מָהekhekamaI will be wise or I will become wise Ecclesiastes 7:23:6 ⧉וְהִ֖יאvehiand it Ecclesiastes 7:23:7 ⧉רְחוֹקָ֥הrekhokawas far Ecclesiastes 7:23:8 ⧉מִמֶּֽנִּי׃mimmenifrom me |
23. Formal Translation All this I tested by wisdom, and I said, “I will be wise,” but it was distant from me. |
23. Dynamic Translation I tried all this with wisdom, and I said to myself, “I will become wise,” yet it remained beyond my grasp. |