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


In Context

26 And I am finding more bitter than death, the woman whose heart is nets and snares, her hands are bands; the good before God escapeth from her, but the sinner is captured by her.

27 See, this I have found, said the Preacher, one to one, to find out the reason

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.

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

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 Webster Bible Translation 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 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 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.