Sinai LogoSinai

Ecclesiastes 7:26

American Standard Version

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

Read all of Ecclesiastes 7Open in the Sinai app

Ecclesiastes 7:26 in other translations

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.

Ecclesiastes 7:26 · World English Bible

Ecclesiastes 7:26 in context

  1. 24That which is, is far off and exceeding deep; who can find it out?
  2. 25I 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.
  3. 26And I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets, and whose hands are bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.
  4. 27Behold, this have I found, saith the Preacher, laying one thing to another, to find out the account;
  5. 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.