Ecclesiastes 7:28
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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.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.
In other translations
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.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.
Hebrew words
אֲשֶׁר'asherwhichH834עוֹד־'od-againH5750בִּקְשָׁהbikshahit has soughtH1245נַפְשִׁיnafshiself myH5315וְלֹאvelo'and notH3808מָצָאתִיmatzatiI have foundH4672אָדָם'adama manH120אֶחָד'echadoneH259מֵאֶלֶףme'elefof a thousandH505מָצָאתִיmatzatiI have foundH4672וְאִשָּׁהve'ishahand a womanH802בְכָל־vekhol-among allH3605אֵלֶּה'elehtheseH428לֹאlo'notH3808מָצָאתִי׃matzatiI have foundH4672
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Job 33:23If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to shew unto man his uprightness:Yet if there is a messenger on his side, one mediator in a thousand, to tell a man what is right for him,
- Psalm 12:1Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.Help, O LORD, for the godly are no more; the faithful have vanished from among men.
- 1 Kings 11:1-31 But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites; 2 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. 3 And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart.1 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. 2 These women were from the nations about which the LORD had told the Israelites, “You must not intermarry with them, for surely they will turn your hearts after their gods.” Yet Solomon clung to these women in love. 3 He had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines—and his wives turned his heart away.
- Ecclesiastes 7:23-2423 All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me. 24 That which is far off, and exceeding deep, who can find it out?23 All this I tested by wisdom, saying, “I resolve to be wise.” But it was beyond me. 24 What exists is out of reach and very deep. Who can fathom it?
- Isaiah 26:9With 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.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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