Then, if there should be for one of them an angel, a mediator, one of a thousand, one who declares a person upright,
Ecclesiastes 7:28 - New Revised Standard Version 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. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 which yet my soul seeketh, but I find not: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Which I am still seeking but have not found–one upright man among a thousand have I found, but an upright woman among all those [one thousand in my harem] have I not found. [I Kings 11:3.] American Standard Version (1901) which my soul still seeketh, but I have not found: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found. Common English Bible But there’s something that I constantly searched for but couldn’t find: I found one man among a thousand, but I couldn’t find a woman among any of these. Catholic Public Domain Version Behold, Ecclesiastes said, I have discovered these things, one after another, in order that I might discover the explanation Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Lo this have I found, said Ecclesiastes, weighing one thing after another, that I might find out the account, |
Then, if there should be for one of them an angel, a mediator, one of a thousand, one who declares a person upright,
Help, O Lord, for there is no longer anyone who is godly; the faithful have disappeared from humankind.
See, this is what I found, says the Teacher, adding one thing to another to find the sum,
My soul yearns for you in the night, my spirit within me earnestly seeks you. For when your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.