◄ Ecclesiastes 7:27 {28} ►
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Good News Translation
Yes, said the Philosopher, I found this out little by little while I was looking for answers.

New Revised Standard Version
See, this is what I found, says the Teacher, adding one thing to another to find the sum,

Contemporary English Version
With all my wisdom I have tried to find out how everything fits together,

New American Bible
See, this have I found, says Qoheleth, adding one to one to find the sum.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Lo this have I found, said Ecclesiastes, weighing one thing after another, that I might find out the account,

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Lo this have I found, said Ecclesiastes, weighing one thing after another, that I might find out the account,

saith

Ecclesiastes 1:1,2 The words of Ecclesiastes, the son of David, king of Jerusalem. . . .

Ecclesiastes 12:8-10 Vanity of vanities, said Ecclesiastes, and all things are vanity. . . .

Ecclesiastes 7:25 I have surveyed all things with my mind, to know, and consider, and seek out wisdom and reason: and to know the wickedness of the fool, and the error of the imprudent:

Context
The Limits of Human Wisdom
…26And I have found a woman more bitter than death, who is the hunter's snare, and her heart is a net, and her hands are bands. He that pleaseth God shall escape from her: but he that is a sinner, shall be caught by her. 27Lo this have I found, said Ecclesiastes, weighing one thing after another, that I might find out the account,28Which yet my soul seeketh, and I have not found it. One man among a thousand I have found, a woman among them all I have not found.…
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 1:1
The words of Ecclesiastes, the son of David, king of Jerusalem.

Ecclesiastes 1:12
I Ecclesiastes was king over Israel in Jerusalem,

Ecclesiastes 7:26
And I have found a woman more bitter than death, who is the hunter's snare, and her heart is a net, and her hands are bands. He that pleaseth God shall escape from her: but he that is a sinner, shall be caught by her.

Ecclesiastes 7:28
Which yet my soul seeketh, and I have not found it. One man among a thousand I have found, a woman among them all I have not found.

Ecclesiastes 7:26
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