Ecclesiastes 7:28
Which my soul still seeks, but I find not; one man among a thousand I have found, but a woman among all those I have not found.
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Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts
While I was still searching but not finding, I found one upright man among a thousand, but not one upright woman among them all.
King James Version 1769 (Standard 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.
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
which my soul{H5315} still seeketh,{H1245} but I have not found:{H4672} one{H259} man{H120} among a thousand{H505} have I found;{H4672} but a woman{H802} among all those have I not found.{H4672}
King James Version with Strong's Numbers
Which yet my soul{H5315} seeketh{H1245}{(H8765)}, but I find{H4672}{(H8804)} not: one{H259} man{H120} among a thousand{H505} have I found{H4672}{(H8804)}; but a woman{H802} among all those have I not found{H4672}{(H8804)}.
Coverdale Bible (1535)
Amonge a thousande men I haue founde one, but not one woman amonge all.
Geneva Bible (1560)
(7:30) And yet my soule seeketh, but I finde it not: I haue found one man of a thousand: but a woman among them all haue I not founde.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
which as yet I seeke, and finde it not. Among a thousande men I haue founde one: but not one woman among all.
Authorized King James Version (1611)
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.
Webster's Bible (1833)
which my soul still seeks; but I have not found: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found.
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
(that still my soul had sought, and I had not found), One man, a teacher, I have found, and a woman among all these I have not found.
American Standard Version (1901)
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.
American Standard Version (1901)
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.
Bible in Basic English (1941)
For which my soul is still searching, but I have it not; one man among a thousand have I seen; but a woman among all these I have not seen.
World English Bible (2000)
which my soul still seeks; but I have not found. One man among a thousand have I found; but I have not found a woman among all those.
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
What I have continually sought, I have not found; I have found only one upright man among a thousand, but I have not found one upright woman among all of them.
Referenced Verses
- Job 33:23 : 23 If there is a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to show to man his uprightness:
- Ps 12:1 : 1 Help, LORD; for the godly person ceases; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.
- Eccl 7:23-24 : 23 All this have I tested by wisdom. I said, 'I will be wise,' but it was far from me. 24 That which is far off and exceedingly deep, who can find it out?
- Isa 26:9 : 9 With my soul I have desired You in the night; yes, with my spirit within me I will seek You early; for when Your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
- 1 Kgs 11:1-3 : 1 But King Solomon loved many foreign women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh: women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites. 2 Of the nations concerning which the LORD had said to the children of Israel, You shall not go to them, nor shall they come to you: for surely they will turn your hearts after their gods: Solomon clung to these in love. 3 And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart.
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- Eccl 7:23-275 verses88%
23 All this have I tested by wisdom. I said, 'I will be wise,' but it was far from me.
24 That which is far off and exceedingly deep, who can find it out?
25 I applied my heart to know, to search, and to seek out wisdom and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even foolishness and madness.
26 And I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands are chains. He who pleases God shall escape from her, but the sinner shall be trapped by her.
27 Behold, this have I found, says the preacher, counting one by one to find out the sum.
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29 Lo, this only have I found, that God made man upright, but they have sought out many schemes.
- Eccl 8:16-172 verses73%
16 When I applied my heart to know wisdom and to see the work that is done upon the earth (for there are those who neither day nor night see sleep with their eyes),
17 Then I saw all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun. Even though a man labors to seek it out, he shall not find it; moreover, though a wise man thinks to know it, he shall not be able to find it.
- Song 3:1-44 verses72%
1 By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loves: I sought him, but I did not find him.
2 I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loves: I sought him, but I did not find him.
3 The watchmen who go about the city found me: to whom I said, Have you seen him whom my soul loves?
4 It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loves: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother's house, and into the chamber of her who conceived me.
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10 Who can find a virtuous woman? For her worth is far above rubies.
- Eccl 1:13-175 verses71%
13 And I set my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this difficult task God has given to the children of man to be engaged with.
14 I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and indeed, all is vanity and a striving after wind.
15 That which is crooked cannot be made straight, and that which is lacking cannot be counted.
16 I communed with my own heart, saying, Look, I have attained great stature, and gained more wisdom than all who were before me in Jerusalem: yes, my heart has had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.
17 And I set my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is a striving after wind.
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10 But as for you all, do you return, and come now; for I cannot find one wise man among you.
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22 Whoever finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the LORD.
- Eccl 4:7-82 verses70%
7 Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.
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12 But where shall wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding?
13 Man does not know its value; nor is it found in the land of the living.
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35 For whoever finds me finds life and will obtain favor from the LORD.
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36 Yet he passed away, and indeed, he was no more; yes, I sought him, but he could not be found.
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4 If you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures;
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6 Most men will proclaim each his own goodness, but a faithful man who can find?
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9 Live joyfully with the wife whom you love all the days of your life of vanity, which He has given you under the sun, all your days of vanity: for that is your portion in this life and in your labor which you take under the sun.
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9 My dove, my undefiled, is but one; she is the only one of her mother, she is the choice one of her who bore her. The daughters saw her and blessed her; yes, the queens and the concubines, and they praised her.
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15 She is more precious than rubies: and all the things you can desire are not to be compared to her.
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3 I searched in my heart to give myself to wine, while guiding my heart with wisdom, and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what is good for the sons of men to do under heaven all the days of their lives.
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1 There is an evil I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men:
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11 Then I looked on all the works that my hands had done and on the labor I had toiled to do; and behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
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3 Yes, better is he than both, who has not yet been, who has not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.
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11 Since there are many things that increase vanity, what advantage does man have?
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19 The way of an eagle in the air, the way of a snake upon a rock, the way of a ship in the midst of the sea, and the way of a man with a maid.
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6 I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone. My soul failed when he spoke: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer.
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15 All things have I seen in the days of my vanity; there is a just man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who prolongs his life in his wickedness.
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20 For there is not a just man on earth who does good and does not sin.
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28 For I beheld, and there was no man; even among them, and there was no counselor, that, when I asked of them, could answer a word.
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27 For he found her in the field and the betrothed young woman cried out, and there was no one to save her.
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30 And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before Me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none.
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20 Therefore I turned my heart to despair over all the labor which I had done under the sun.
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30 Favor is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the LORD, she shall be praised.
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7 All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet his appetite is not satisfied.