Ecclesiastes 7:24

Translations

King James Version (KJV)

That which is far off, and exceeding deep, who can find it out?

American King James Version (AKJV)

That which is far off, and exceeding deep, who can find it out?

American Standard Version (ASV)

That which is, is far off and exceeding deep; who can find it out?

Basic English Translation (BBE)

Far off is true existence, and very deep; who may have knowledge of it?

Webster's Revision

That which is far off, and exceedingly deep, who can find it out?

World English Bible

That which is, is far off and exceedingly deep. Who can find it out?

English Revised Version (ERV)

That which is is far off, and exceeding deep; who can find it out?

Clarke's Ecclesiastes 7:24 Bible Commentary

That which is far off - Though the wisdom that is essential to our salvation may be soon learned, through the teaching of the Spirit of wisdom, yet in wisdom itself there are extents and depths which none can reach or fathom.

Barnes's Ecclesiastes 7:24 Bible Commentary

literally, Far off is that which hath been i. e., events as they have occurred in the order of Divine Providence), and deep, deep, who can find it out?

Wesley's Ecclesiastes 7:24 Bible Commentary

7:24 It - God's counsels and works, and the reasons of them.