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Douay-Rheims
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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.
King James
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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.
Louis Second
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J'ai dit en mon coeur: Voici, j'ai grandi et surpassé en sagesse tous ceux qui ont dominé avant moi sur Jérusalem, et mon coeur a vu beaucoup de sagesse et de science
Martin Luther
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Ich sprach in meinem Herzen: Siehe, ich bin herrlich worden und habe mehr Weisheit denn alle, die vor mir gewesen sind zu Jerusalem; und mein Herz hat viel gelernt und erfahren.
Vulgate
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locutus sum in corde meo dicens ecce magnus effectus sum et praecessi sapientia omnes qui fuerunt ante me in Hierusalem et mens mea contemplata est multa sapienter et didicit

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary


in : (+ acc.) into, toward, against.
in : (+ abl.) in.
ecce : Lo! Behold! See!.
effectus : doing, execution, performance, effect, result.
effectus : rendered.
sapientia : wisdom.
qui : quae : que : quod : which, what, that.
qui : (masc. pl. nom.) Let THOSE (men) WHO have eyes to see..
qui : (masc. neut. nom.) (the prince) WHO loved a milkmaid.
qui : (question) how? in what way? / somehow / wherewith.
ante : (prep. + acc.) before/ in front of/ (adv.) before, previously.
me : (abl.) me /you'll do fine with ME, baby.
me : (acc.) me /that old black magic has ME in its spell.
sapienter : wisely, judiciously.