Ecclesiastes 7:28
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.
Ecclesiastes 7:28 in other translations
| 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. |
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| 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. |
| YLT | (that still my soul had sought, and I had not found), One man, a teacher, I have found, and a woman among all these I have 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. |
| BBE | For which my soul is still searching, but I have it not; one man among a thousand have I seen; but a woman among all these I have not seen. |
| Webster | 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. |
What does Ecclesiastes 7:28 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ecclesiastes 7:23-29
Solomon, in his search into the nature and reason of things, had been miserably deluded. But he here speaks with godly sorrow. He alone who constantly aims to please God, can expect to escape; the careless sinner probably will fall to rise no more. He now discovered more than ever the evil of the great sin of which he had been guilty, the loving many strange women, I Kin. 11:1. A woman thoroughly upright and godly…
Ecclesiastes 7:28 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Ecclesiastes 7:28
- Job 33:23
If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to shew unto man his uprightness:
- Psalms 12:1
To the chief Musician upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David. Help, Lord; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.
- 1 Kings 11:1-3
But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites; Of the nations concerning which the Lord said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you: for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon clave unto these in love. And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart.
- Isaiah 26:9
With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
- Ecclesiastes 7:23-24
All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me. That which is far off, and exceeding deep, who can find it out?
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
23,24; Isa 26:9
one.
Job 33:23; Ps 12:1
but.Solomon, instead of seeking one rational, virtuous woman, had collected an immense multitude, of various countries and religions, for magnificence and indulgence; among whom, as might have been expected, he had not found one who was thoroughly faithful, upright, and pious. He here uses the language of a penitent, warning others of the errors into which he had been led; and not that of a wasphish satirist, lashing indiscriminately one half of the human species.
1Ki 11:1-3
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain
Context
- Ecclesiastes 7:27
Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, counting one by one, to find out the account:
- Ecclesiastes 7:28
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.
- Ecclesiastes 7:29
Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.
Ecclesiastes 7:28 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Lo que aun busca mi alma, y no encuentro: un hombre entre mil he hallado; mas mujer de todas éstas nunca hallé. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | ce que mon âme cherche encore et que je n’ai pas trouvé: j’ai trouvé un homme entre mille, mais une femme entre elles toutes, je ne l’ai pas trouvée. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Was meine Seele fort und fort gesucht und ich nicht gefunden habe, ist dies: einen Mann aus Tausenden habe ich gefunden, aber ein Weib unter diesen allen habe ich nicht gefunden. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Ecce hoc inveni, dixit Ecclesiastes, unum et alterum ut invenirem rationem, |