28Which yet my soul seeketh, and I have not found it. One man among a thousand I have found, a woman among them all I have not found.


In Context

25 I have surveyed all things with my mind, to know, and consider, and seek out wisdom and reason: and to know the wickedness of the fool, and the error of the imprudent:

26 And I have found a woman more bitter than death, who is the hunter's snare, and her heart is a net, and her hands are bands. He that pleaseth God shall escape from her: but he that is a sinner, shall be caught by her.

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

28 Which yet my soul seeketh, and I have not found it. One man among a thousand I have found, a woman among them all I have not found.

29 Only this I have found, that God made man right, and he hath entangled himself with an infinity of questions. Who is as the wise man? and who hath known the resolution of the word?

Ecclesiastes 7:28 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:28Which 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

7:28while I was still searching but not finding- I found one upright man among a thousand, but not one upright woman among them all.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

7:28which 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:28which 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

7:28which 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:28Which 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:28which my soul still seeks; but I have not found. One man among a thousand have I found; but I have not found a woman among all those.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

7:28(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.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:28Which yet my soul seeks, but I find not: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found.