Ecclesiastes · קֹהֶלֶת

Ecclesiastes 1:16

דִּבַּ֧רְתִּי אֲנִ֣י עִם לִבִּ֗י לֵאמֹ֞ר אֲנִ֗י הִנֵּ֤ה הִגְדַּ֙לְתִּי֙ וְהוֹסַ֣פְתִּי חָכְמָ֔ה עַ֛ל כָּל אֲשֶׁ֥ר הָיָ֖ה לְפָנַ֣י עַל יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑ם וְלִבִּ֛י רָאָ֥ה הַרְבֵּ֖ה חָכְמָ֥ה וָדָֽעַת׃
dibartiy ʾaniy ʿim libiy leʾmor ʾaniy hineh higdaltiy vhvosaptiy ḥakmah ʿal kal ʾasher hayah lpanay ʿal yrvshaliam vlibiy raʾah harbeh ḥakmah vadaʿat
King James Version (KJV)

I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all they that have been before me in Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.

Modern English

I said in my heart, "I have acquired great wisdom, surpassing all who were over Jerusalem before me, and my heart has had great experience of wisdom and knowledge."

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