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


In Context

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 7:29 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:29Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

7:29This only have I found: God made mankind upright, but men have gone in search of many schemes."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

7:29Only 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?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

7:29Behold, this only have I found: that God made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:29Only see this which I have found: that God made man upright, but they have sought out many devices.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

7:29Behold, this only have I found, that God made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:29Behold, this only have I found: that God made man upright; but they search for many schemes.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

7:29See, this alone I have found, that God made man upright, and they — they have sought out many devices.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:29See, this only have I found, that God has made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.