But, behold, this have I found, that God made man upright; but they have sought out many devices. Who knows the wise? and who knows the interpretation of a saying?
LXX2012
Ecclesiastes 7:29
which my soul sought after, but I found not: for I have found one man of a thousand; but a woman in all these I have not found.
Parallel Translations
Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.
Behold, I have only found this: that God made mankind upright; but they search for many inventions.”
Cross References
Jeremiah 4:22Genesis 6:11–12Genesis 5:1Mark 7:8–9Titus 3:3Genesis 6:5–6Ephesians 2:2–3Psalms 106:39Jeremiah 2:12–13Psalms 99:8Genesis 1:26–27Genesis 3:6–7Genesis 11:4–6Psalms 106:29Romans 3:9–19
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