Devine Scripture

Ecclesiastes 7:28

Ecclesiastes chapter 7 · verse 28 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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.

Context

v.27Behold, this have I found, saith the Preacher, laying one thing to another, to find out the account;

v.28This passage

v.29Behold, this only have I found: that God made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 1 Kings 11:1

    Now king Solomon loved many foreign women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites;

  • Isaiah 26:9

    With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee earnestly: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.

  • Job 33:23

    If there be with him an angel, An interpreter, one among a thousand, To show unto man what is right for him;

  • Ecclesiastes 7:23

    All this have I proved in wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.

  • Psalms 12:1

    Help, Jehovah; for the godly man ceaseth; For the faithful fail from among the children of men.