Ecclesiastes 7:27-29
New American Standard Bible
27 “Behold, I have discovered this,” says the Preacher, “by adding one thing to another to find an explanation, 28 which [a]I am still seeking but have not found. I have found one man among a thousand, but I have not found a (A)woman among all these. 29 Behold, I have found only this, that (B)God made people upright, but they have sought out many schemes.”
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- Ecclesiastes 7:28 Lit my soul still seeks
Ecclesiastes 7:27-29
New English Translation
27 The Teacher says:
I discovered this while trying to discover the scheme of things, item by item.
28 What I have continually sought, I have not found;
I have found only[a] one upright[b] man among a thousand,
but I have not found one upright woman among all of them.
29 This alone have I discovered: God made humankind upright,
but they have sought many evil schemes.
Notas al pie
- Ecclesiastes 7:28 tn The word “only” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation for smoothness.
- Ecclesiastes 7:28 tn The word “upright” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation twice, here and in the following line, for clarity.
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