Ecclesiastes 7:29
Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.
KJV
quam adhuc quærit anima mea, et non inveni. Virum de mille unum reperi ; mulierem ex omnibus non inveni.
Vulgate
ὃν ἐπεζήτησεν ἡ ψυχή μου, καὶ οὐχ εὗρον· καὶ ἄνθρωπον ἕνα ἀπὸ χιλίων εὗρον, καὶ γυναῖκα ἐν πᾶσι τούτοις οὐχ εὗρον.
LXX
Behold, this only have I found: that God made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.
ASV
לְ/בַד֙ רְאֵה זֶ֣ה מָצָ֔אתִי אֲשֶׁ֨ר עָשָׂ֧ה הָ/אֱלֹהִ֛ים אֶת הָ/אָדָ֖ם יָשָׁ֑ר וְ/הֵ֥מָּה בִקְשׁ֖וּ חִשְּׁבֹנ֥וֹת רַבִּֽים
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אָדָ֖ם
'dm
noun · 545×
בַקֵּ֥שׁ
bqsh
verb · 225×
הֵ֖מָּה
hmh
pronoun · 560×
הוּ
hv
verb · 455×
וֹ
v
noun · 198×
זֶּֽה
zh
pronoun · 1173×
חִשְּׁבֹנ֜וֹת
chshbnvt
noun · 2×
יַּ֣רְא
yr'
verb · 1312×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
יָּשָׁ֖ר
yshr
adjective · 114×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
רַב
rb
verb · 458×
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Chapter 11.—Of the Fall of the First Man, in Whom Nature Was Created Good, and Can Be Restored Only by Its Author. But because God foresaw all things, and was therefore not ignorant that man also would fall, we ought to consider this holy city in connection with what God foresaw and ordained, and not according to our own ideas, which do not embrace God’s ordination. For man, by…
Cross-references
- Eccl 3:11 — He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.
- Eph 2:2 — Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:
- Ezek 28:15 — Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee.
- Gen 1:26 — And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over
- Gen 1:26 — And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over
- Gen 3:6 — And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto
- Gen 5:1 — This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;
- Gen 5:1 — This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;
- Gen 6:5 — And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
- Gen 6:5 — And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
- Gen 6:11 — The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
- Gen 11:4 — And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
- Jer 2:12 — Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the LORD.
- Jer 4:22 — For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
- Job 15:14 — What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
- Mark 7:8 — For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do.
- Prov 19:21 — There are many devices in a man’s heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.
- Ps 14:3 — They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
- Ps 33:15 — He fashioneth their hearts alike; he considereth all their works.
- Ps 99:8 — Thou answeredst them, O LORD our God: thou wast a God that forgavest them, though thou tookest vengeance of their inventions.
- Ps 106:29 — Thus they provoked him to anger with their inventions: and the plague brake in upon them.
- Ps 106:39 — Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a whoring with their own inventions.
- Rom 1:21 — Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
- Rom 3:9 — What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin;
- Rom 3:12 — They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
- Titus 3:3 — For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.