²⁷ “Behold, I have discovered this,” says the Preacher, “while adding one thing to another to find an explanation, ²⁸ which I am still seeking but have not found. I have found one ^[a]man among a thousand [who pleases God], but I have not found [such] a woman among all these [a thousand in my harem].^{(A) 29} Behold, I have found only this [as a reason]: God made man upright and uncorrupted, but they [both men and women] have sought out many devices [for evil].”