All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.
The speaker put everything to the test by means of wisdom, making experience and observation the measure of all things. He formed a deliberate resolve to attain wisdom by his own effort and inquiry. Yet the understanding he pursued stayed distant from him, and wisdom itself proved unable to supply what he sought.
The speaker put everything to the test by means of wisdom, making experience and observation the measure of all things. He formed a deliberate resolve to attain wisdom by his own effort and inquiry. Yet the understanding he pursued stayed distant from him, and wisdom itself proved unable to supply what he sought.