Ecclesiastes 7:29
King James Version (KJV)
Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.
In context
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.
Ecclesiastes 7:29 in every translation
- 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.”
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Only this have I found: I have discovered that God made men upright, but they have sought out many schemes.”
- 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.