This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;
Ecclesiastes 7:29 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 Behold, this only have I found, that God made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions. More versionsKing 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 book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;
Thus they provoked him to anger with their doings; And the plague brake in upon them.
Thus were they defiled with their works, And went a whoring in their doings.
Thou answeredst them, O LORD our God: Thou wast a God that forgavest them, Though thou tookest vengeance of their doings.
Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? A man's wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the hardness of his face is changed.
For my people is foolish, they know me not; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till unrighteousness was found in thee.
For we also were aforetime foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another.