Ecclesiastes 7:26 (GNV)

Passage

It is farre off, what may it be? and it is a profound deepenesse, who can finde it?

Nearby Context

Ecclesiastes 7:24 For often times also thine heart knoweth that thou likewise hast cursed others.

Ecclesiastes 7:25 All this haue I prooued by wisedome: I thought I will be wise, but it went farre from me.

Ecclesiastes 7:26 It is farre off, what may it be? and it is a profound deepenesse, who can finde it?

Ecclesiastes 7:27 I haue compassed about, both I and mine heart to knowe and to enquire and to search wisedome, and reason, and to knowe the wickednesse of follie, and the foolishnesse of madnesse,

Ecclesiastes 7:28 And I finde more bitter then death the woman whose heart is as nettes and snares, and her handes, as bands: he that is good before God, shalbe deliuered from her, but the sinner shall be taken by her.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "farre", "profound", "deepenesse", and "finde". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "farre" and "profound", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 25's "All this haue I prooued by wisedome..." into verse 27's "I haue compassed about both I and...", so "farre" and "profound" belong inside that flow. In Ecclesiastes context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "farre" and "profound" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.