Ecclesiastes 7:27 ““Behold,” says the Teacher, “I have discovered this by adding one thin…”

Ecclesiastes 7:27

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

“Behold, I have found this,” says the Preacher, “to one another, to find an explanation

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

I haue compassed about, both I and mine heart to knowe and to enquire and to search wisedome, and reason, and to knowe the wickednesse of follie, and the foolishnesse of madnesse,

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

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

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In context

26And 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.

28While 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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