Ecclesiastes 7:28
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.
KJV
Ecce hoc inveni, dixit Ecclesiastes, unum et alterum ut invenirem rationem,
Vulgate
ἴδε τοῦτο εὗρον, εἶπεν ὁ ἐκκλησιαστής, μία τῇ μιᾷ, τοῦ εὑρεῖν λογισμὸν
LXX
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.
ASV
אֲשֶׁ֛ר עוֹד בִּקְשָׁ֥ה נַפְשִׁ֖/י וְ/לֹ֣א מָצָ֑אתִי אָדָ֞ם אֶחָ֤ד מֵ/אֶ֨לֶף֙ מָצָ֔אתִי וְ/אִשָּׁ֥ה בְ/כָל אֵ֖לֶּה לֹ֥א מָצָֽאתִי
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֵ֖לֶּה
'lh
pronoun · 744×
אֶ֖לֶף
'lp
adjective · 500×
אֶחָ֖ד
'chd
adjective · 970×
אָדָ֖ם
'dm
noun · 545×
בַקֵּ֥שׁ
bqsh
verb · 225×
הוּ
hv
verb · 455×
וֹ
v
noun · 780×
י
y
noun · 752×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
ע֖וֹד
'vd
adverb · 485×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Kgs 11:1 — But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites;
- 1Kgs 11:3 — And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart.
- Eccl 7:23 — All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.
- Isa 26:9 — With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
- Job 33:23 — If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to shew unto man his uprightness:
- Job 33:23 — If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to shew unto man his uprightness:
- Prov 31:10 — Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.
- Ps 12:1 — Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.