Ecclesiastes 7:24 Cross References - Coverdale

²⁴ then she was before, yee & so depe that I might not reach vnto her.

¹¹ For the commaundement which I commaunde ye this daye, is not to wonderfull for the, ner to farre, ¹² ner yet in heauen, that thou neadest to saye: Who wil go vp for vs in to heauen, and brynge it vnto vs, that we maie heare it and do it? ¹³ Nether is it beyonde the see, that thou neadest to saye: Who wyll go ouer the see for vs, and fetch it vs, that we maye heare it, and do it? ¹⁴ For the worde is very nye vnto the, eue in thy mouth and in thine hert, that thou do it.

⁷ Wilt thou fynde out God with thy sekynge? wilt thou attayne to the perfectnesse of the Allmightie? ⁸ He is hyer the heaue, what wilt thou do? Deper the hell, how wilt thou then knowe him?

¹² How commeth a man then by wy?dome? Where is the place that men fynde vnderstondinge? ¹³ Verely no man can tell how worthy a thinge she is, nether is she foude in the lode of the lyuynge. ¹⁴ The depe sayeth: she is not in me. The see sayeth: she is not with me. ¹⁵ She can not be gotten for the most fyne golde, nether maye the pryce of her be bought with eny moneye. ¹⁶ No wedges of golde of Ophir, no precious Onix stones, no Saphirs maye be compared vnto her. ¹⁷ No, nether golde ner Christall, nether swete odours ner golden plate. ¹⁸ There is nothinge so worthy, or so excellet, as once to be named vnto her: for parfecte wy?dome goeth farre beyonde the all. ¹⁹ The Topas that cometh out of Inde, maye in no wyse be lickened vnto her: yee no maner of apparell how pleasaunt and fayre so euer it be. ²⁰ From whece then commeth wy?dome? & where is the place of vnderstondinge? ²¹ She is hyd from the eyes of all men, yee & fro the foules of the ayre. ²² Destruccion & death saie: we haue herde tell of her wt oure eares. ²³ But God seyth hir waie, & knoweth hir place.

²⁸ And vnto man he sayde: Beholde, to feare the LORDE, is wy?dome: & to forsake euell, is vnderstondinge.

⁶ Thy rightuousnesse stondeth like the stronge mountaynes, & thy iudgment like the greate depe.

⁶ Whither shal I go then from thy sprete? Or, whither shal I fle from thy presence?

⁸ For thus saieth the LORDE: My thoughtes are not youre thoughtes, & youre wayes are not my wayes: ⁹ But as farre as the heauens are hyer then the earth, so farre do my waies exceade yours, & my thoughtes yours

³³ O the depenesse of the riches, both of the wyssdome and knowlege of God? How incomprehensible are his iudgmentes, and his wayes vnsearcheable?

¹⁶ which onely hath immortalite, and dwelleth in a lighte, that no man can attayne: whom no man hath sene, nether can se. Vnto whom be honoure and empyre euerlastinge, Amen.