Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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Context Readings
Absolute Wisdom Is Unattainable
27 "Look! I found this," said the Teacher, "while trying to find how the plan fits together. 28 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. 29 Look! This alone I found: God made mankind upright, but they have devised many schemes."
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Cross References
Job 33:23
"If there is a messenger beside him, a mediator, one of a thousand, to declare to a human being his uprightness
1 Kings 11:1-3
King Solomon loved many foreign women: the daughter of Pharaoh, Moabite, Ammonite, Edomite, Sidonian, Hittite;
Psalm 12:1
Save, O Yahweh, for [the] pious have ceased [to be]; for [the] faithful have vanished from [among the] children of humankind.
Ecclesiastes 7:23-24
All this I have tested with wisdom. I said, "I will be wise!" but {it was beyond my grasp}.
Isaiah 26:9
I desire you [with all] my soul in the night; also I seek you [with] my spirit within me, for when your judgments [are] {upon} the earth, [the] inhabitants of [the] world learn righteousness.