Ecclesiastes 7:28
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“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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“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.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“(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.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Ecclesiastes 7:28 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Kings 11:1King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh—women of Moab, Ammon, Edom, and Sidon, as well as Hittite women.
- Job 33:23Yet if there is a messenger on his side, one mediator in a thousand, to tell a man what is right for him,
- Psalms 12:1Help, O LORD, for the godly are no more; the faithful have vanished from among men.
- Ecclesiastes 7:23All this I tested by wisdom, saying, “I resolve to be wise.” But it was beyond me.
- Isaiah 26:9My 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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