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.


In Context

25 I turned around, and my heart sought to know and to search out, and to seek wisdom and the scheme of things, and to know that wickedness is stupidity, and that foolishness is madness.

26 I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and traps, whose hands are chains. Whoever pleases God shall escape from her; but the sinner will be ensnared by her.

27 |Behold, I have found this,| says the Preacher, |one to another, to find out the scheme;

28 which 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.

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

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 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 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.