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: I found one person in a thousand, but none of those was a woman.(A) 29 Only see this: I have discovered that God made people upright,(B) but they pursued many schemes.”

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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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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 7:28 Lit my soul still seeks