Ecclesiastes 7:27 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁷ See, this is what I found, says the Teacher, adding one thing to another to find the sum,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁷ Behold, this have I found, saith the Preacher, counting one by one, to find out the account:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁷ Behold, this I have found, says the Preacher, while weighing one thing after another to find out the right estimate [and the reason]–

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁷ Behold, this have I found, saith the Preacher, laying one thing to another, to find out the account;

Common English Bible

²⁷ See, this is what I found, says the Teacher, examining one matter after another to account for things.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁷ And I have discovered a woman more bitter than death: she who is like the snare of a hunter, and whose heart is like a net, and whose hands are like chains. Whoever pleases God shall flee from her. But whoever is a sinner shall be seized by her.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁷ And I have found a woman more bitter than death, who is the hunter's snare, and her heart is a net, and her hands are bands. He that pleaseth God shall escape from her: but he that is a sinner, shall be caught by her.

Ecclesiastes 7:27 Cross References

Ecclesiastes 1:12

I, the Teacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.

Ecclesiastes 7:26

I found more bitter than death the woman who is a trap, whose heart is nets, whose hands are fetters; one who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is taken by her.

Ecclesiastes 7:28

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.