Ecclesiastes 7:28 “While my soul was still searching but not finding, among a thousand I…”

Ecclesiastes 7:28

While 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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James 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.

World English Bible

which my soul still seeks, but I have not found. I have found one man among a thousand, but I have not found a woman among all those.

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

And I finde more bitter then death the woman whose heart is as nettes and snares, and her handes, as bands: he that is good before God, shalbe deliuered from her, but the sinner shall be taken by her.

Darby Translation

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.

Young's Literal Translation

(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.

Bible in Basic English

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.

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Cross references

“yet”

Isaiah 26:9 Ecclesiastes 7:23 Ecclesiastes 7:24

Isaiah 26:9 · BSB

My soul longs for You in the night; indeed, my spirit seeks You at dawn. For when Your judgments come upon the earth, the people of the world learn righteousness.

Ecclesiastes 7:23 · BSB

All this I tested by wisdom, saying, “I resolve to be wise.” But it was beyond me.

Ecclesiastes 7:24 · BSB

What exists is out of reach and very deep. Who can fathom it?

“one”

Job 33:23 Psalm 12:1

Job 33:23 · BSB

Yet if there is a messenger on his side, one mediator in a thousand, to tell a man what is right for him,

Psalm 12:1 · BSB

Help, O LORD, for the godly are no more; the faithful have vanished from among men.

“but”

1 Kings 11:1–3

1 Kings 11:1–3 · BSB

King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh—women of Moab, Ammon, Edom, and Sidon, as well as Hittite women.

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

In context

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

29Only this have I found: I have discovered that God made mankind upright, but they have sought out many schemes.”

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