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Ecclesiastes 7:27

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

KJV

et inveni amariorem morte mulierem, quæ laqueus venatorum est, et sagena cor ejus ; vincula sunt manus illius. Qui placet Deo effugiet illam ; qui autem peccator est capietur ab illa.

Vulgate

καὶ εὑρίσκω ἐγὼ αὐτήν, καὶ ἐρῶ πικρότερον ὑπὲρ θάνατον· σὺν τὴν γυναῖκα ἥτις ἐστὶν θήρευμα, καὶ σαγῆναι καρδία αὐτῆς, δεσμὸς εἰς χεῖρας αὐτῆς· ἀγαθὸς πρὸ προσώπου τοῦ θεοῦ ἐξαιρεθήσεται ἀπ’ αὐτῆς, καὶ ἁμαρτάνων συλλημφθήσεται ἐν αὐτῇ.

LXX

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

ASV

רְאֵה֙ זֶ֣ה מָצָ֔אתִי אָמְרָ֖ה קֹהֶ֑לֶת אַחַ֥ת לְ/אַחַ֖ת לִ/מְצֹ֥א חֶשְׁבּֽוֹן

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶחָ֖ד
'chd
adjective · 970×
הוּ
hv
verb · 455×
זֶּֽה
zh
pronoun · 1173×
חֶשְׁבּ֑וֹן
chshbvn
noun · 3×
יַּ֣רְא
yr'
verb · 1312×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
קֹהֶ֔לֶת
qhlt
noun · 7×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Tim 2:7 — Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle, (I speak the truth in Christ, and lie not;) a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and verity.
  • Eccl 1:1 — The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
  • Eccl 12:8 — Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all is vanity.