This is the list of the descendants of Adam. When God created humans, he made them in the likeness of God.
Ecclesiastes 7:29 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 See, this alone I found, that God made human beings straightforward, but they have devised many schemes. Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition 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) Behold, this only have I found: that God made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions. Common English Bible See, this alone I found: God made human beings straightforward, but they search for many complications. Catholic Public Domain Version 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 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. |
This is the list of the descendants of Adam. When God created humans, he made them in the likeness of God.
they provoked the Lord to anger with their deeds, and a plague broke out among them.
Thus they became unclean by their acts and prostituted themselves in their doings.
O Lord our God, you answered them; you were a forgiving God to them but an avenger of their wrongdoings.
Who is like the wise man? And who knows the interpretation of a thing? Being wise makes one’s face shine, but arrogance changes one’s face.
“For my people are foolish; they do not know me; they are stupid children; they have no understanding. They are skilled in doing evil but do not know how to do good.”
You were blameless in your ways from the day that you were created, until iniquity was found in you.
For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, despicable, hating one another.