Ecclesiastes 7:28
What does Ecclesiastes 7:28 mean?
A plain-English look at Ecclesiastes 7:28 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000which 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 · 1611Which 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 · 1901which 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.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949For 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.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862(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.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Lo this have I found, said Ecclesiastes, weighing one thing after another, that I might find out the account,
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890which 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.
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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.
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