This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, he made him in God's likeness.
Ecclesiastes 7:29 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) Behold, this only have I found: that God made man upright; but they search for many schemes. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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, he made him in God's likeness.
Thus they provoked him to anger with their deeds. The plague broke in on them.
Thus were they defiled with their works, and prostituted themselves in their deeds.
You answered them, LORD our God. You are a God who forgave them, although you took vengeance for their doings.
Who is like the wise man? And who knows the interpretation of a thing? A man's wisdom makes his face shine, and the hardness of his face is changed.
For my people are foolish, they don't know me; they are foolish children, and they have no understanding; they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
You were perfect in your ways from the day that you were created, until unrighteousness was found in you.
For we were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.