به خود گفتم: «من حکمت و معرفت زیادی اندوختم و بیشتر از همهٔ کسانیکه قبل از من در اورشلیم حکومت میکردند، علم و دانش کسب کردم.»
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.