Ecclesiastes 7:26 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.”
Ecclesiastes 7:26 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Ecclesiastes 7:26 in 6 Bible Translations
Read Ecclesiastes 7:26 in the King James Version (KJV) and 5 other free, public-domain translations side by side.
Ecclesiastes 7:26 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and traps, whose hands are chains. Whoever pleases God shall escape from her; but the sinner will be ensnared by her.”
Ecclesiastes 7:26 — World English Bible
Ecclesiastes 7:26 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets, and whose hands are bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her. ”
Ecclesiastes 7:26 — American Standard Version
Ecclesiastes 7:26 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And I am finding more bitter than death, the woman whose heart <FI>is<Fi> nets and snares, her hands <FI>are<Fi> bands; the good before God escapeth from her, but the sinner is captured by her.”
Ecclesiastes 7:26 — Young's Literal Translation
Ecclesiastes 7:26 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“and I found more bitter than death the woman whose heart is nets and snares, [and] whose hands are bands: whoso pleasethGod shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be caught by her. ”
Ecclesiastes 7:26 — Darby Translation
Ecclesiastes 7:26 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“It is farre off, what may it be? and it is a profound deepenesse, who can finde it?”
Ecclesiastes 7:26 — Geneva Bible
Ecclesiastes 7:26 in Context — Ecclesiastes 7
24 That which is far off, and exceeding deep, who can find it out?
25 I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness:
26 And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.
27 Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, counting one by one, to find out the account:
28 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.
Read the full chapter: Ecclesiastes 7 — The Struggle with Sin — O Wretched Man That I Am →
What Does Ecclesiastes 7:26 Mean?
Ecclesiastes 7:26 is a verse from the Book of Ecclesiastes, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Ecclesiastes chapter 7. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
Also explore: Bible verses by topic | Read the full Bible free