Ecclesiastes 7:29
27 “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.
Only this have I found: I have discovered that God made men upright, but they have sought out many schemes.”
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Only this have I found: I have discovered that God made men upright, but they have sought out many schemes.”
- KJV
- Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.
- WEB
- Behold, I have only found this: that God made mankind upright; but they search for many inventions.”
- ASV
- Behold, this only have I found: that God made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.
- DARBY
- Only see this which I have found: that God made man upright, but they have sought out many devices.
- BLB
- See, this alone I have found: That God made man upright, and they have sought out many schemes.
- ÅB
- Se, dette er det eneste jeg har funnet ut, at Gud skapte mennesket som det skulle være, men de søker mange kunster.
[^1]: d.e. ikke skal vite noe av hva som skal skje etter ham.
[^2]: nemlig ved fariseisk egenrettferdighet og selvklokskap; LUK 18, 11.
[^3]: All synd kan du vel ikke undgå (FRK 7, 20. 1KG 8, 46. JAK 3, 2.), men tro ikke derfor at du kan overgi deg til det onde. - OTB
- Dette alene har jeg funnet: Gud skapte mennesket rettskaffent, men de har søkt mange påfunn."
- B1930
- Se, dette er det eneste jeg har funnet ut, at Gud skapte mennesket som det skulde være, men de søker mange kunster.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 4:22
“For My people are fools; they have not known Me. They are foolish children, without understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they know not how to do good.”
Read in contextGenesis 6:11–12
Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and full of violence.
Read in contextMark 7:8–9
You have disregarded the commandment of God to keep the tradition of men.”
Read in contextTitus 3:3
For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.
Read in contextGenesis 5:1
This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, He made him in His own likeness.
Read in contextGenesis 3:6–7
When the woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom, she took the fruit and ate it. She also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate it.
Read in contextEphesians 2:2–3
in which you used to walk when you conformed to the ways of this world and of the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit who is now at work in the sons of disobedience.
Read in contextPsalms 99:8
O LORD our God, You answered them. You were a forgiving God to them, yet an avenger of their misdeeds.
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