Ecclesiastes 7:27
Ecclesiastes chapter 7 · verse 27 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
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;
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.