Ecclesiastes 7:29

In 10 translations

BSB

Only this have I found: I have discovered that God made men upright, but they have sought out many schemes.”

KJV

Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.

WEB

Behold, I have only found this: that God made mankind upright; but they search for many inventions.”

ASV

Behold, this only have I found: that God made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.

LSV

See, this alone I have found, that God made man upright, and they have sought out many inventions.

YLT

See, this alone I have found, that God made man upright, and they — they have sought out many devices.

DBY

Only see this which I have found: that God made man upright, but they have sought out many devices.Elohim

DRC7:30

Only this I have found, that God made man right, and he hath entangled himself with an infinity of questions. Who is as the wise man? and who hath known the resolution of the word?

JPS

Behold, this only have I found, that God made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.

LXXE

But, behold, this have I found, that God made man upright; but they have sought out many devices. Who knows the wise? and who knows the interpretation of a saying?

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WLC

לְבַד֙ רְאֵה־זֶ֣ה מָצָ֔אתִי אֲשֶׁ֨ר עָשָׂ֧ה הָאֱלֹהִ֛ים אֶת־הָאָדָ֖ם יָשָׁ֑ר וְהֵ֥מָּה בִקְשׁ֖וּ חִשְּׁבֹנ֥וֹת רַבִּֽים׃

LXX-Br

Πλὴν ἴδε τοῦτο εὗρον, ὃ ἐποίησεν ὁ Θεὸς σὺν τὸν ἄνθρωπον εὐθῆ· καὶ αὐτοὶ ἐζήτησαν λογισμοὺς πολλούς. Τίς οἶδε σοφοὺς, καὶ τίς οἶδε λύσιν ῥήματος;

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• Jeremiah 4:22“For My people are fools; they have not known Me. They are foolish children, without understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they know not how to do good.”
• Genesis 6:11–12Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and full of violence. And God looked upon the earth and saw that it was corrupt; for all living creatures on the earth had corrupted their ways.
• Mark 7:8–9You have disregarded the commandment of God to keep the tradition of men.” He went on to say, “You neatly set aside the command of God to maintain your own tradition.
• Genesis 5:1This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, He made him in His own likeness.
• Titus 3:3For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.
• Jeremiah 2:12–13Be stunned by this, O heavens; be shocked and utterly appalled,” declares the LORD. “For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living water, and they have dug their own cisterns—…
• Psalms 106:39They defiled themselves by their actions and prostituted themselves by their deeds.
• Psalms 99:8O LORD our God, You answered them. You were a forgiving God to them, yet an avenger of their misdeeds.
• Genesis 1:26–27Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness, to rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, and over all the earth itself and every creature that crawls upon it.” So…
• Ephesians 2:2–3in which you used to walk when you conformed to the ways of this world and of the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit who is now at work in the sons of disobedience. All of us also lived among them at one time,…
• Genesis 3:6–7When the woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom, she took the fruit and ate it. She also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate…
• Genesis 6:5–6Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was altogether evil all the time. And the LORD regretted that He had made man on the earth,…
• Psalms 106:29So they provoked the LORD to anger with their deeds, and a plague broke out among them.
• Genesis 11:4–6“Come,” they said, “let us build for ourselves a city with a tower that reaches to the heavens, that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of all the earth.” Then the LORD came down to see…
• Romans 3:9–19What then? Are we any better? Not at all. For we have already made the charge that Jews and Greeks alike are all under sin. As it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one. There is no one who understands,…
• Acts 7:40–43They said to Aaron, ‘Make us gods who will go before us! As for this Moses who led us out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him.’ At that time they made a calf and offered a sacrifice to the…

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