Ecclesiastes 7:28 · 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.”
— Ecclesiastes 7:28
Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, {counting} one by one, to find out the account: {counting...: or, weighing one thing after another, to find out the reason}
Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.
Ecclesiastes 7 — Context
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. {whoso...: Heb. he that is good before God}
27Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, {counting} one by one, to find out the account: {counting...: or, weighing one thing after another, to find out the reason}
28Which 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.
29Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.
Cross References
Job 33:23
If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to shew unto man his uprightness:
Psalms 12:1
[To the chief Musician upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David.] Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men. {upon...: or, upon the eighth} {Help: or, Save}
1 Kings 11:1-3
But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, {and} Hittites; {together...: or, beside}
Isaiah 26:9
With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments {are} in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
Ecclesiastes 7:23-24
All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it {was} far from me.
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