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 a thing more bitter than death, even the woman whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as 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 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 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 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: