Ecclesiastes 7:29
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
Only this have I found: I have discovered that God made men upright, but they have sought out many schemes.”
In context
27 “Behold,” says the Teacher, “I have discovered this by adding one thing to another to find an explanation.
28 While my soul was still searching but not finding, among a thousand I have found one upright man, but among all these I have not found one such woman.
29 Only this have I found: I have discovered that God made men upright, but they have sought out many schemes.”
Ecclesiastes 7:29 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Only this have I found: I have discovered that God made men upright, but they have sought out many schemes.”
- KJV King James Version
- Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.
- WEB World English Bible
- Behold, I have only found this: that God made mankind upright; but they search for many inventions.”
- ASV American Standard Version
- Behold, this only have I found: that God made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- See, this alone I have found, that God made man upright, and they — they have sought out many devices.
- DBY Darby Translation
- Only see this which I have found: that God made man upright, but they have sought out many devices.
- WBS Webster Bible
- Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.