Then, if there should be for one of them an angel, a mediator, one of a thousand, one who declares a person upright,
Ecclesiastes 7:28 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 which my mind has sought repeatedly, but I have not found. One man among a thousand I found, but a woman among all these I have not found. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Which I am still seeking but have not found–one upright man among a thousand have I found, but an upright woman among all those [one thousand in my harem] have I not found. [I Kings 11:3.] American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible But there’s something that I constantly searched for but couldn’t find: I found one man among a thousand, but I couldn’t find a woman among any of these. Catholic Public Domain Version Behold, Ecclesiastes said, I have discovered these things, one after another, in order that I might discover the explanation Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Lo this have I found, said Ecclesiastes, weighing one thing after another, that I might find out the account, |
Then, if there should be for one of them an angel, a mediator, one of a thousand, one who declares a person upright,
Help, O Lord, for there is no longer anyone who is godly; the faithful have disappeared from humankind.
See, this is what I found, says the Teacher, adding one thing to another to find the sum,
My soul yearns for you in the night; my spirit within me earnestly seeks you. For when your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.