Ecclesiastes 1:16 Douay-Rheims

I have spoken in my heart, saying: Behold I am become great, and have gone beyond all in wisdom, that were before me in Jerusalem: and my mind hath contemplated many things wisely, and I have learned.

George Leo Haydock

1774–1849 Catholic

Learned. Solomon was blessed both with a natural genius, which he improved by study, and also he had the gift of supernatural wisdom. Yet he declares that all is vanity and pain.

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1849 · Ecclesiastes 1:16

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