Ecclesiastes 7:27

New English Translation

The Teacher says: I discovered this while trying to discover the scheme of things, item by item.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 1:12

I, the Teacher, have been king over Israel in Jerusalem.

Ecclesiastes 7:26

I discovered this: More bitter than death is the kind of woman who is like a hunter’s snare; her heart is like a hunter’s net and her hands are like prison chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is captured by her.

Ecclesiastes 7:28

What I have continually sought, I have not found; I have found only one upright man among a thousand, but I have not found one upright woman among all of them.