Ecclesiastes 7:28

In 10 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.

KJV

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.

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.

LSV

(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.

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.

DBY

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.

DRC7:29

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.

JPS

which yet my soul sought, but I found not; one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found.

LXXE

which my soul sought after, but I found not: for I have found one man of a thousand; but a woman in all these I have not found.

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Original-language editions

WLC

אֲשֶׁ֛ר עוֹד־בִּקְשָׁ֥ה נַפְשִׁ֖י וְלֹ֣א מָצָ֑אתִי אָדָ֞ם אֶחָ֤ד מֵאֶ֨לֶף֙ מָצָ֔אתִי וְאִשָּׁ֥ה בְכָל־אֵ֖לֶּה לֹ֥א מָצָֽאתִי׃

LXX-Br

ὃν ἐπεζήτησεν ἡ ψυχή μου, καὶ οὐχ εὗρον· καὶ ἄνθρωπον ἕνα ἀπὸ χιλίων εὗρον, καὶ γυναῖκα ἐν πᾶσι τούτοις οὐχ εὗρον.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Psalms 12:1Help, O LORD, for the godly are no more; the faithful have vanished from among men.
• 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,
• 1 Kings 11:1–3King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh—women of Moab, Ammon, Edom, and Sidon, as well as Hittite women. These women were from the nations about which the LORD had told the…
• 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.
• Ecclesiastes 7:23–24All this I tested by wisdom, saying, “I resolve to be wise.” But it was beyond me. What exists is out of reach and very deep. Who can fathom it?

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