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Ecclesiastes 7:28

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.

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

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
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.
KJV
Which 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.
WEB
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.
ASV
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.
DARBY
which 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.
BLB
that which my soul still has sought, and I have not found: One man from a thousand have I found, and a woman among all these I have not found.
ÅB
Det som jeg stadig har søkt, men ikke har funnet, det er: En mann har jeg funnet blant tusen, men en kvinne har jeg ikke funnet blant dem alle.
OTB
mens jeg fortsatt søkte men ikke fant— jeg fant én rettskaffen mann blant tusen, men ikke en eneste rettskaffen kvinne blant dem alle.
B1930
Det som jeg stadig har søkt, men ikke har funnet, det er: En mann har jeg funnet blandt tusen, men en kvinne har jeg ikke funnet blandt dem alle.

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Cross references

  • Job 33:23

    Yet if there is a messenger on his side, one mediator in a thousand, to tell a man what is right for him,

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  • Psalms 12:1

    Help, O LORD, for the godly are no more; the faithful have vanished from among men.

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  • 1 Kings 11:1–3

    King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh—women of Moab, Ammon, Edom, and Sidon, as well as Hittite women.

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  • Isaiah 26:9

    My soul longs for You in the night; indeed, my spirit seeks You at dawn. For when Your judgments come upon the earth, the people of the world learn righteousness.

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  • Ecclesiastes 7:23–24

    All this I tested by wisdom, saying, “I resolve to be wise.” But it was beyond me.

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