Ecclesiastes 7:29 - The Scriptures 2009

²⁹ Truly, this only I have found: that Elohim made man straight, but they have sought out many devices.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁹ Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁹ Behold, this is the only [reason for it that] I have found: God made man upright, but they [men and women] have sought out many devices [for evil].

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁹ Behold, this only have I found: that God made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.

Common English Bible

²⁹ See, this alone I found: God made human beings straightforward, but they search for many complications.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁹ which my soul still seeks and has not found. One man among a thousand, I have found; a woman among them all, I have not found.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁹ Which yet my soul seeketh, and I have not found it. One man among a thousand I have found, a woman among them all I have not found.

Ecclesiastes 7:29 Cross References

Genesis 5:1

This is the book of the genealogy of Aḏam. In the day that Elohim created man, He made him in the likeness of Elohim.

Psalm 106:29

Thus they provoked Him with their deeds, And the plague broke out among them.

Psalm 106:39

So they became unclean by their own works, And went whoring by their own deeds.

Psalm 99:8

You answered them, O יהוה our Elohim. You were a forgiving Ěl to them, Though You took vengeance on their deeds.

Ecclesiastes 8:1

Who is like a wise one? And who knows the meaning of a matter? A man’s wisdom makes his face shine, and the hardness of his face is changed.

Jeremiah 4:22

“For My people are foolish, they have not known Me. They are stupid children, and they have no understanding. They are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.”

Ezekiel 28:15

“You were perfect in your ways from the day you were created, until unrighteousness was found in you.

Titus 3:3

For we ourselves were also once foolish, disobedient, led astray, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in evil and envy, being hated and hating one another.