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The Book of Ecclesiastes, Chapter 7, Verse 28

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27
Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, [counting] one by one, to find out the account:
King James Version
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.
American Standard Version
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.
New English Translation
What I have continually sought, I have not found; I have found only one upright man among a thousand, but I have not found one upright woman among all of them.
World English Bible
which my soul still seeks; but I have not found. One man among a thousand have I found; but I have not found a woman among all those.
29
Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.
1
Who [is] as the wise [man]? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? a man's wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the boldness of his face shall be changed.
2
I [counsel thee] to keep the king's commandment, and [that] in regard of the oath of God.
3
Be not hasty to go out of his sight: stand not in an evil thing; for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him.
4
Where the word of a king [is, there is] power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou?
5
Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a wise man's heart discerneth both time and judgment.
6
Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of man [is] great upon him.
7
For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be?
8
[There is] no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither [hath he] power in the day of death: and [there is] no discharge in [that] war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.
9
All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that is done under the sun: [there is] a time wherein one man ruleth over another to his own hurt.