To search and seek out wisdom and the reason of things,
To know the wickedness of folly,
Even of foolishness and madness.
The woman whose heart is snares and nets,
Whose hands are fetters.
1He who pleases God shall escape from her,
But the sinner shall be trapped by her.
“Adding one thing to the other to find out the reason,
aOne man among a thousand I have found,
But a woman among all these I have not found.
aThat God made man upright,
But bthey have sought out many schemes.”
| << Ecclesiastes 7:26 | Ecclesiastes 7:28 >> |
American Standard Version
Behold, this have I found, saith the Preacher, `laying' one thing to another, to find out the account;
Amplified® Bible
Behold, this I have found, says the Preacher, while weighing one thing after another to find out the right estimate [and the reason]--
Contemporary English Version
With all my wisdom I have tried to find out how everything fits together,
Darby English Version
See this which I have found, saith the Preacher, [searching] one by one to find out the reason;
Good News Bible
Yes, said the Philosopher, I found this out little by little while I was looking for answers.
King James Version
Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, counting one by one, to find out the account:
New American Standard Bible
"Behold, I have discovered this, says the Preacher, "{adding} one thing to another to find an explanation,"
New International Version
"Look," says the Teacher, "this is what I have discovered:
"Adding one thing to another to discover the scheme of things-
New King James Version
"Here is what I have found," says the Preacher,
"Adding one thing to the other to find out the reason,
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"Behold, I have discovered this," says the Preacher, "adding one thing to another to find an explanation,
Revised Standard Version
Behold, this is what I found, says the Preacher, adding one thing to another to find the sum,
Young's Literal Translation
See, this I have found, said the Preacher, one to one, to find out the reason
| << Ecclesiastes 7:26 | Ecclesiastes 7:28 >> |
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