I have sought in my heart to draw out with wine my appetite, (and my heart leading in wisdom), and to take hold on folly till that I see where is this -- the good to the sons of man of that which they do under the heavens, the number of the days of their lives.

(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.

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

And further, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge, and gave ear, and sought out -- he made right many similes.

The preacher sought to find out pleasing words, and, written by the upright, words of truth.