Ecclesiastes 7:27 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, counting one by one, to find out the account:”

Ecclesiastes 7:27 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Ecclesiastes 7:27 in 6 Bible Translations

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Ecclesiastes 7:27 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

““Behold, I have found this,” says the Preacher, “to one another, to find an explanation”

Ecclesiastes 7:27 — World English Bible

Ecclesiastes 7:27 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“Behold, this have I found, saith the Preacher, laying one thing to another, to find out the account; ”

Ecclesiastes 7:27 — American Standard Version

Ecclesiastes 7:27 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“See, this I have found, said the Preacher, one to one, to find out the reason”

Ecclesiastes 7:27 — Young's Literal Translation

Ecclesiastes 7:27 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“See this which I have found, saith the Preacher, [searching] one by one to find out the reason; ”

Ecclesiastes 7:27 — Darby Translation

Ecclesiastes 7:27 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“I haue compassed about, both I and mine heart to knowe and to enquire and to search wisedome, and reason, and to knowe the wickednesse of follie, and the foolishnesse of madnesse,”

Ecclesiastes 7:27 — Geneva Bible

Ecclesiastes 7:27 in Context — Ecclesiastes 7

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.

29 Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.

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What Does Ecclesiastes 7:27 Mean?

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