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27 Vedi, io ho scoperto questo, dice Qoèlet, confrontando una ad una le cose, per trovarne la ragione. 28 Quello che io cerco ancora e non ho trovato è questo:

Un uomo su mille l'ho trovato:
ma una donna fra tutte non l'ho trovata.

29 Vedi, solo questo ho trovato:

Dio ha fatto l'uomo retto,
ma essi cercano tanti fallaci ragionamenti.

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27 Behold, this is what I found, says (A)the Preacher, while adding one thing to another to find the scheme of things— 28 which my soul has sought repeatedly, but I have not found. (B)One man among a thousand I found, but (C)a woman among all these I have not found. 29 See, this alone I found, that (D)God made man upright, but (E)they have sought out many schemes.

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27 “Look,” says the Teacher,[a](A) “this is what I have discovered:

“Adding one thing to another to discover the scheme of things—
28     while I was still searching
    but not finding—
I found one upright man among a thousand,
    but not one upright woman(B) among them all.
29 This only have I found:
    God created mankind upright,
    but they have gone in search of many schemes.”

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 7:27 Or the leader of the assembly