Ecclesiastes 7:26 “And I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose hear…”

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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.

World English Bible

I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and traps, whose hands are chains. Whoever pleases God shall escape from her; but the sinner will be ensnared by her.

American Standard Version

And I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets, and whose hands are bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.

Geneva Bible 1599

It is farre off, what may it be? and it is a profound deepenesse, who can finde it?

Darby Translation

and I found more bitter than death the woman whose heart is nets and snares, [and] whose hands are bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be caught by her.

Young's Literal Translation

And I am finding more bitter than death, the woman whose heart [is] nets and snares, her hands [are] bands; the good before God escapeth from her, but the sinner is captured by her.

Bible in Basic English

And I saw a thing more bitter than death, even the woman whose heart is full of tricks and nets, and whose hands are as bands. He with whom God is pleased will get free from her, but the sinner will be taken by her.

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Cross references

“I find”

Proverbs 22:14 Proverbs 5:3–5 Proverbs 7:21–27 Judges 16:18–21 Proverbs 9:18 Proverbs 2:18

Proverbs 22:14 · BSB

The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit; he who is under the wrath of the LORD will fall into it.

Proverbs 5:3–5 · BSB

Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her speech is smoother than oil,

Proverbs 7:21–27 · BSB

With her great persuasion she entices him; with her flattering lips she lures him.

Judges 16:18–21 · BSB

When Delilah realized that he had revealed to her all that was in his heart, she sent this message to the lords of the Philistines: “Come up once more, for he has revealed to me all that is in his heart.” Then the lords…

Proverbs 9:18 · BSB

But they do not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.

Proverbs 2:18 · BSB

For her house sinks down to death, and her tracks to the departed spirits.

“whoso pleaseth God”

Ecclesiastes 2:26

Ecclesiastes 2:26 · BSB

To the man who is pleasing in His sight, He gives wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner He assigns the task of gathering and accumulating that which he will hand over to one who pleases God. This too is futile…

Also

Proverbs 2:16

Proverbs 2:16 · BSB

It will rescue you from the forbidden woman, from the stranger with seductive words

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

25I directed my mind to understand, to explore, to search out wisdom and explanations, and to understand the stupidity of wickedness and the folly of madness.

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

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