Ecclesiastes 7:29
World English Bible (WEB)
Behold, I have only found this: that God made mankind upright; but they search for many inventions.”
In context
27 “Behold, I have found this,” says the Preacher, “to one another, to find an explanation
28 which my soul still seeks, but I have not found. I have found one man among a thousand, but I have not found a woman among all those.
29 Behold, I have only found this: that God made mankind upright; but they search for many inventions.”
Ecclesiastes 7:29 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- Behold, I have only found this: that God made mankind upright; but they search for many inventions.”
- KJV King James Version
- Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out 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.