Ecclesiastes 7:27
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New International Version (©1984)
"Look," says the Teacher, "this is what I have discovered: "Adding one thing to another to discover the scheme of things--

New Living Translation (©2007)
"This is my conclusion," says the Teacher. "I discovered this after looking at the matter from every possible angle.

English Standard Version (©2001)
Behold, this is what I found, says the Preacher, while adding one thing to another to find the scheme of things—

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"Behold, I have discovered this," says the Preacher, "adding one thing to another to find an explanation,

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
The spokesman said, "This is what I've found: I added one thing to another in order to find a reason for things.

King James Bible
Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, counting one by one, to find out the account:

American King James Version
Behold, this have I found, said the preacher, counting one by one, to find out the account:

American Standard Version
Behold, this have I found, saith the Preacher, laying one thing to another, to find out the account;

Bible in Basic English
Look! this I have seen, said the Preacher, taking one thing after another to get the true account,

Douay-Rheims Bible
Lo this have I found, said Ecclesiastes, weighing one thing after another, that I might find out the account,

Darby Bible Translation
See this which I have found, saith the Preacher, searching one by one to find out the reason;

English Revised Version
Behold, this have I found, saith the Preacher; laying one thing to another, to find out the account:

Webster's Bible Translation
Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, counting one by one, to find out the account:

World English Bible
"Behold, I have found this," says the Preacher, "one to another, to find out the scheme;

Young's Literal Translation
See, this I have found, said the Preacher, one to one, to find out the reason

Geneva Study Bible

Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, counting one by one, to {s} find out the account:

(s) That is, to come to a conclusion.

Wesley's Notes

7:27 To find - That I might make a true and just estimate.

King James Translators' Notes

counting...: or, weighing one thing after another, to find out the reason

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

27. this-namely, what follows in Ec 7:28.

counting one by one-by comparing one thing with another [Holden and Maurer].

account-a right estimate. But Ec 7:28 more favors Gesenius. "Considering women one by one."

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

7:23-29 Solomon, in his search into the nature and reason of things, had been miserably deluded. But he here speaks with godly sorrow. He alone who constantly aims to please God, can expect to escape; the careless sinner probably will fall to rise no more. He now discovered more than ever the evil of the great sin of which he had been guilty, the loving many strange women,


Ecclesiastes 7:26 And I discovered more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets, whose hands are chains. One who is pleasing to God will escape from her, but the sinner will be captured by her.
Ecclesiastes 7:28 which I am still seeking but have not found. I have found one man among a thousand, but I have not found a woman among all these. (NASB ©1995)

Account Adding Counting Discover Discovered Explanation Find Found Koheleth Laying Preacher Reason Scheme Searching Sum Teacher True.


Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, counting one by one, to find out the account:

saith 1:1,2 12:8-10

counting one by one, to find out the account 7:25

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