Ecclesiastes 7:27 - Tree of Life Version

²⁷ “Look,” said Kohelet, “I have discovered this while adding one thing to another to find the scheme of things—

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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.

Ecclesiastes 7:27 Tagairtí Cros

Ecclesiastes 1:12

I, Kohelet, am king over Israel in Jerusalem.

Ecclesiastes 7:26

I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a trap, and whose hands are chains. He who pleases God will escape her, but a sinner will be captured by her.

Ecclesiastes 7:28

which my soul is still seeking, but not finding—I found one upright man among a thousand, but one upright woman among them all I have not found.