Ecclesiastes 7:28

American Standard Version

which 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.

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Ecclesiastes 7:28 in other translations

which my soul still seeks, but I have not found. I have found one man among a thousand, but I have not found a woman among all those.

Ecclesiastes 7:28 · World English Bible

Ecclesiastes 7:28 in context

  1. 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.
  2. 27Behold, this have I found, saith the Preacher, laying one thing to another, to find out the account;
  3. 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.
  4. 29Behold, this only have I found: that God made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.