Ecclesiastes 7:27-29
Lexham English Bible
27 “Look! I found this,” said the Teacher,[a] “while trying to find how the plan fits together. 28 What my heart sought, I did not find. Although I found one righteous man among one thousand, I did not find one upright woman among all these. 29 Look! This alone I found: God made mankind upright, but they have devised many schemes.”
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- Ecclesiastes 7:27 Hebrew “Qohelet”
Ecclesiastes 7:27-29
Holman Christian Standard Bible
27 “Look,” says the Teacher, “I have discovered this by adding one thing to another to find out the explanation, 28 which my soul continually searches for but does not find: among a thousand people I have found one true man, but among all these I have not found a true woman.(A) 29 Only see this: I have discovered that God made people upright,(B) but they pursued many schemes.”
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Ecclesiastes 7:27-29
New International Version
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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- Ecclesiastes 7:27 Or the leader of the assembly
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