Translations
F.O.G.MPrimary
F.O.G Messagethen He saw wisdom and named her; He established her, tested her, and knew her through and through.
F.O.GSecondary
The F.O.Gthen He saw it and declared it; He established it and searched it out fully.
KJV
King James VersionThen did he see it, and declare it; he prepared it, yea, and searched it out.
BSB
Berean Standard Biblethen He looked at wisdom and appraised it; He established it and searched it out.
Footnotes
Four verbs cascade in rapid succession: רָאָה (*ra'ah*, 'saw'), סָפַר (*saphar*, 'declared/recounted'), כּוּן (*kun*, 'established/confirmed'), and חָקַר (*chaqar*, 'searched out/explored'). Notably, *chaqar* is the same verb used of the miner searching every furthest seam in verse 3 — but here it is God who does the searching, and wisdom who is found. The structural irony is exact: what humanity's searching cannot achieve, God's searching accomplishes perfectly. FOG renders the four verbs with staccato brevity; FOG Message expands them to draw out the relational depth of God's intimate knowledge of wisdom.