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Ecclesiastes 7:27

25 I directed my mind to understand, to explore, to search out wisdom and explanations, and to understand the stupidity of wickedness and the folly of madness.

26 And I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a net, and whose hands are chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is ensnared.

“Behold,” says the Teacher, “I have discovered this by adding one thing to another to find an explanation.

28 While my soul was still searching but not finding, among a thousand I have found one upright man, but among all these I have not found one such woman.

29 Only this have I found: I have discovered that God made men upright, but they have sought out many schemes.”

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
“Behold,” says the Teacher, “I have discovered this by adding one thing to another to find an explanation.
KJV
Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, counting one by one, to find out the account:
WEB
“Behold, I have found this,” says the Preacher, “to one another, to find an explanation
ASV
Behold, this have I found, saith the Preacher, [laying] one thing to another, to find out the account;
DARBY
See this which I have found, saith the Preacher, [searching] one by one to find out the reason;
BLB
Behold, this I have found, says Qoheleth, one to one to find out the reason—
ÅB
Se, dette fant jeg ut, sier predikeren, idet jeg la det ene til det andre for å finne hovedsummen.
OTB
"Se," sier Læreren, "dette er hva jeg har oppdaget: Å legge en ting til en annen for å finne en forklaring—
B1930
Se, dette fant jeg ut, sier predikeren, idet jeg la det ene til det andre for å finne hovedsummen.

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