Ecclesiastes 7:28 Parallel Translations

I am still seeking a reason for things, but have not found any. I found one man out of a thousand who had it, but out of all these I didn't find one woman.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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.

ASV:

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.

BBE:

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.

DBY:

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

ERV:

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.

JPS:

which yet my soul sought, but I found not; one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found.

WBS:

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.

WEB:

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.

YLT:

(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.

Ecclesiastes 7:28 Cross References

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Commentaries and Concordances

WES:

7:28 Yet seeketh - I returned to search again with more earnestness. I find not - That it was so, he found, but the reason of the thing he could not find out. One man - A wise and virtuous man. A woman - One worthy of that name; one who is not a dishonour to her sex. Among - In that thousand whom I have taken into intimate society with myself.

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:

Finding Mind Repeatedly Searching Seeketh Seeking Seeks Sought Soul Teacher Thousand Upright Yet

Find Finding Found Mind Repeatedly Searching Seeketh Seeking Seeks Sought Soul Teacher Thousand Upright

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