For your conscience knows that you, too, have repeatedly spoken evil of others.
All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.
All this have I tried and proved by wisdom. I said, I will be wise [independently of God]–but it was far from me.
All this have I proved in wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.
I tested all of this by wisdom. I thought, I will be wise, but it eluded me.