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.


In Context

25 I applied my heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness:

26 And I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoever pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.

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

28 Which 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.

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

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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

7:28Which 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.

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 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.