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# All this have I proven
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here the word "this" refers to all of the things the author has written about. AT: "All this that I have already written about have I proven" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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# it was more than I could be
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"it was beyond my ability to understand" or "but I was not able to do it"
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# far off and very deep
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This speaks of wisdom being difficult to understand as if it were something located far away or in a very deep place. AT: "difficult to understand" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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# Who can find it?
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The writer uses this rhetorical question to emphasize the difficulty in understanding wisdom. This question can be written as a statement. AT: "No one can understand it." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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# I turned my heart
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Here the word "heart" refers to the mind. Also, here the word "turned" is an idiom. AT: "I directed my thoughts" or "I determined" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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# the explanations of reality
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"the reason for things." This word "explanations" can be expressed as a verb. AT: "how to explain various things in life" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/wise]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/understand]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/evil]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/foolish]] |