23. I have examined all this by wisdom;I said, “I am determined to comprehend this” – but it was beyond my grasp.
24. Whatever has happened is beyond human understanding;it is far deeper than anyone can fathom.
25. I tried to understand, examine, and comprehendthe role of wisdom in the scheme of things,and to understand the stupidity of wickedness and the insanity of folly.
26. I discovered this:More bitter than death is the kind of woman who is like a hunter’s snare;her heart is like a hunter’s net and her hands are like prison chains.The man who pleases God escapes her,but the sinner is captured by her.
27. The Teacher says:I discovered this while trying to discover the scheme of things, item by item.
28. What I have continually sought, I have not found;I have found only one upright man among a thousand,but I have not found one upright woman among all of them.
29. This alone have I discovered: God made humankind upright,but they have sought many evil schemes.