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


In Context

24 That which is, is far off and exceeding deep; who can find it out?

25 I turned about, and my heart was set to know and to search out, and to seek wisdom and the reason of things , and to know that wickedness is folly, and that foolishness is madness.

26 And 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.

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

28 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.

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

Ecclesiastes 7:27 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:27Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, [counting] one by one, to find out the account:

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

7:27"Look," says the Teacher, "this is what I have discovered: "Adding one thing to another to discover the scheme of things-

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

7:27Lo this have I found, said Ecclesiastes, weighing one thing after another, that I might find out the account,

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:27See this which I have found, saith the Preacher, searching one by one to find out the reason;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

7:27Behold, this have I found, saith the Preacher; laying one thing to another, to find out the account:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:27Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, counting one by one, to find out the account:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:27|Behold, I have found this,| says the Preacher, |one to another, to find out the scheme;

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

7:27See, this I have found, said the Preacher, one to one, to find out the reason

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:27Behold, this have I found, said the preacher, counting one by one, to find out the account: