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


In Context

24 Whatever hath been, is far off, and exceeding deep: who will find it out?

25 I turned, I and my heart, to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom and reason, and to know wickedness to be folly, and foolishness to be madness;

26 and I found more bitter than death the woman whose heart is nets and snares, and whose hands are bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be caught by her.

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

28 which 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.

29 Only see this which I have found: that God made man upright, but they have sought out many devices.

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 American Standard 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 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: