Ecclesiastes 7:27
What does Ecclesiastes 7:27 mean?
A plain-English look at Ecclesiastes 7:27 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Behold, this have I found, saith the Preacher, laying one thing to another, to find out the account;
KJV
King James Version · 1611Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, counting one by one, to find out the account:
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Behold, this have I found, saith the Preacher, laying one thing to another, to find out the account;
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Look! this I have seen, said the Preacher, taking one thing after another to get the true account,
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862See, this I have found, said the Preacher, one to one, to find out the reason
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And I have found a woman more bitter than death, who is the hunter's snare, and her heart is a net, and her hands are bands. He that pleaseth God shall escape from her: but he that is a sinner, shall be caught by her.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890See this which I have found, saith the Preacher, [searching] one by one to find out the reason;
Context
v.26And 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.
v.27This passage
v.28which 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.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Ecclesiastes 1:1
The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
- Ecclesiastes 12:8
Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher; all is vanity.
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