Ecclesiastes 7:27
Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, counting one by one, to find out the account:
In other versions
Behold, this have I found, saith the Preacher, `laying' one thing to another, to find out the account;
ASV
Look! this I have seen, said the Preacher, taking one thing after another to get the true account,
BBE
See this which I have found, saith the Preacher, [searching] one by one to find out the reason;
DBY
Behold, this have I found, says the Preacher, one to another, to find out the scheme;
WEB
See, this I have found, said the Preacher, one to one, to find out the reason
YLT
Behold, this have I found, says the preacher, counting one by one, to find out the account:
ENG
Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, counting one by one, to find out the account:
WBT
“Behold,” says the Teacher, “I have discovered this by adding one thing to another to find an explanation.
BSB
In context
25I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness:
26And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.
27Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, counting one by one, to find out the account:
28Which 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.
29Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.