Ecclesiastes 7:27 Parallel Translations

The spokesman said, "This is what I've found: I added one thing to another in order to find a reason for things.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, counting one by one, to find out the account:

ASV:

Behold, this have I found, saith the Preacher, laying one thing to another, to find out the account;

BBE:

Look! this I have seen, said the Preacher, taking one thing after another to get the true account,

DBY:

See this which I have found, saith the Preacher, searching one by one to find out the reason;

ERV:

Behold, this have I found, saith the Preacher; laying one thing to another, to find out the account:

JPS:

Behold, this have I found, saith Koheleth, adding one thing to another, to find out the account;

WBS:

Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, counting one by one, to find out the account:

WEB:

Behold, this have I found, says the Preacher, one to another, to find out the scheme;

YLT:

See, this I have found, said the Preacher, one to one, to find out the reason

Ecclesiastes 7:27 Cross References

XREF:

Ecclesiastes 7:26 And I discovered more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets, whose hands are chains. One who is pleasing to God will escape from her, but the sinner will be captured by her.

Ecclesiastes 7:28 which I am still seeking but have not found. I have found one man among a thousand, but I have not found a woman among all these. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

7:27 Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, [counting] one by one, to {s} find out the account:
(s) That is, to come to a conclusion.

WES:

7:27 To find - That I might make a true and just estimate.

MHC:

7:23-29 Solomon, in his search into the nature and reason of things, had been miserably deluded. But he here speaks with godly sorrow. He alone who constantly aims to please God, can expect to escape; the careless sinner probably will fall to rise no more. He now discovered more than ever the evil of the great sin of which he had been guilty, the loving many strange women,

CONC:

Account Adding Behold Counting Discover Discovered Explanation Koheleth Laying Preacher Reason Says Scheme Searching Sum Taking Teacher

Account Adding Counting Discover Discovered Explanation Find Found Koheleth Laying Preacher Reason Scheme Searching Sum Teacher True.

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