Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
which my soul continually searches for but does not find: among a thousand people I have found one true man, but among all these I have not found a true woman.
New American Standard Bible
which
King James Version
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.
International Standard Version
Among the things I seek but have not found: one man among a thousand I did find, but I have not found one woman to be wise among all these.
A Conservative Version
which my soul still seeks, but I have not found: among a thousand I have found one man, but among all those I have not found a woman.
American Standard Version
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.
Amplified
which I am still seeking but have not found. I have found one
Bible in Basic English
For which my soul is still searching, but I have it not; one man among a thousand have I seen; but a woman among all these I have not seen.
Darby Translation
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.
Julia Smith Translation
Which yet my soul sought, and found not; one man from a thousand I found; and a woman in all these I found not
King James 2000
Which yet my soul seeks, but I find not: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found.
Lexham Expanded Bible
What my heart sought, I did not find. Although I found one righteous man among one thousand, I did not find one [upright] woman among all these.
Modern King James verseion
which my soul still sought, but I find not: one man among a thousand I have found, but a woman among all those I have not found.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Among a thousand men I have found one, but not one woman among all.
NET Bible
What I have continually sought, I have not found; I have found only one upright man among a thousand, but I have not found one upright woman among all of them.
New Heart English Bible
which my soul still seeks; but I have not found: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found.
The Emphasized Bible
what my soul still sought, yet I found not, - one man out of a thousand, have I found, but, a woman among all these, have I not found.
Webster
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.
World English Bible
which my soul still seeks; but I have not found. One man among a thousand have I found; but I have not found a woman among all those.
Youngs Literal Translation
(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.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Ecclesiastes 7:28
Verse Info
Context Readings
Absolute Wisdom Is Unattainable
27
“Look,” says the Teacher, “I have discovered this by adding one thing to another to find out the explanation,
28 which my soul continually searches for but does not find: among a thousand people I have found one true man, but among all these I have not found a true woman.
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Names
Cross References
Job 33:23
one mediator out of a thousand,
to tell a person what is right for him
1 Kings 11:1-3
King Solomon loved many foreign women in addition to Pharaoh’s daughter:
Psalm 12:1
For the choir director: according to Sheminith.
the loyal have disappeared from the human race.
Ecclesiastes 7:23-24
I have tested all this by wisdom. I resolved, “I will be wise,” but it was beyond me.
Isaiah 26:9
yes, my spirit within me diligently seeks You,
for when Your judgments are in the land,
the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.