Ecclesiastes 7:27 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised ‘Look,’ says the Teacher, ‘I have discovered this by adding one thing to another to find out the explanation, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Behold, this have I found, saith the Preacher, counting one by one, to find out the account: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition 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) Behold, this have I found, saith the Preacher, laying one thing to another, to find out the account; Common English Bible See, this is what I found, says the Teacher, examining one matter after another to account for things. Catholic Public Domain Version 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 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. |
And I find more bitter than death the woman who is a trap: her heart a net and her hands chains. The one who pleases God will escape her, but the sinner will be captured by her.
which my soul continually searches for but does not find: I found one person in a thousand, but none of those was a woman.