Ecclesiastes 7:28

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

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Berean Standard Bible

While my soul was still searching but not finding, among a thousand I have found one upright man, but among all these I have not found one such woman.

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KJV

King James Version

Which yet my soul seeketh, but I find not: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found.

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WEB

World English Bible

which my soul still seeks, but I have not found. I have found one man among a thousand, but I have not found a woman among all those.

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ASV

American Standard Version

which my soul still seeketh, but I have not found: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Ecclesiastes 7

²⁶ And I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a net, and whose hands are chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is ensnared.

²⁷ “Behold,” says the Teacher, “I have discovered this by adding one thing to another to find an explanation.

²⁸ While my soul was still searching but not finding, among a thousand I have found one upright man, but among all these I have not found one such woman.

²⁹ Only this have I found: I have discovered that God made mankind upright, but they have sought out many schemes.”

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